TanzPlan Ost: Collective Rhythms of Pain

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TanzPlan Ost: Collective Rhythms of Pain
A dance performance with chronic pain by Lyn Bentschik

Collective Rhythms of Pain immerses itself in the world of chronic pain experiences: What would a world feel like in which states of pain do not have to be hidden for fear of pathologisation?

Together, the project team explores this question through the synergy of artistic work, creative accessibility and lived experience. The focus is on the expressive languages and rhythms of aching bodies, which can be shared and felt and which develop their own artistic and social power. The result is a Relaxed Performance with creative surtitles, inviting the audience to explore their own relationship to pain.

Collective Rhythms of Pain is presented as part of the TPO Tour 2026 by TanzPlan Ost, which has supported contemporary dance in eastern Switzerland for 16 years. On the same evening we are also showing FELT RELATIONS – one ticket gives access to both performances.

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  • Soli: CHF 35
  • Regular: CHF 25
  • Budget: CHF 15

Duration:

1 hr

German / English

TanzPlan Ost has been supporting local contemporary dance and cross-regional exchange for 16 years. The new TPO format has three parts: the TPO ChoreoLab, a week of workshops, exchange and further training for dancers from Eastern Switzerland; the following one-year TPO Associated Artist programme; and the concluding TPO Tour.

Relaxed Performance

Tanzhaus Zürich

Bühne 1

Wheelchair accessible

  • Descriptive subtitles (German & English)
Two people photographed from a low angle, backlit in warm golden light; in the foreground a person in red with lowered gaze, in the background a second person whose face is caught by the light.

© Alun Meyerhans

Two people photographed from a low angle, backlit in warm golden light; in the foreground a person in red with lowered gaze, in the background a second person with curly hair whose face is caught by the light, while a third person approaches from the side.

© Alun Meyerhans

Close-up of a face with curly hair emerging from dense, brightly lit smoke or fog; the gaze is directed to the side, the surroundings lie in darkness.

© Alun Meyerhans

Close-up of an upturned face surrounded by warm light and dense smoke or fog; the eyes are almost closed, the head tilted back.

© Alun Meyerhans

Artistic Direction / Artistic Director, Choreography
Lyn Bentschik
Production Management / Production Manager
Pauline Della Bianca
Dance
Jenna Hendry, Ariana Qizmolli, Alice Giuliani
Dramaturgy, Accessibility
Noa Winter
Music
Coco Schwarz
Set, Light
Laura Knüsel
Costume
Franca Manz
Creative surtitles, Projections
Juana Ferrari
Co-production
TanzPlan Ost
Production
LB Productions
With the support of
Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, Stadt Winterthur, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Stiftung Anne-Marie Schindler, SSA – Societé des Auteurs Suisses, Migros Kulturprozent Zürich, S. Eustachius Stiftung, Dr. Adolf Streuli Stiftung
Residency partners
DOGO Residenz Lichtensteig, Raum für Kultur Winterthur

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