Korhan Erel teams up with Léonard Engel and Maja Zimmermann to produce Engel’s second solo work ‘How to get rid of a body. A magic manual’. After a six-week rehearsal period, which started with a residency at PACT Zollverein in Essen in April, the piece will be premiered at Hoch X in Munich on September 20, 21, and 22, 2019.

A magic show? A hunting party? A punk concert? In his new solo How to get rid of a body. A magic manual, choreographer and performer Léonard Engel blurs the lines between practices and genres and plays with our fascination for illusion by going beyond the visual deception, allowing the body and its limitations to become the main subject of observation. Through the permanent attempt to disappear in its own environment, a new body emerges, morphing between different personalities while experiencing the paradox of its un-dissipating presence.

Choreography & Performance: Léonard Engel
Composition & Live Electronics: Korhan Erel
Dramaturgy: Maja Zimmermann
Outside Eye: Tamara Saphir
Costume & Set Design: Theresa Scheitzenhammer
Light Design: Charlotte Marr
Technical Consultant & Lights: Wolfgang Eibert
Production Management: Miria Wurm, Veronika Heinrich
Press Work: Miria Wurm/ Tanzbüro München
Public Relations: Veronika Heinrich/ Tanzbüro München

This project is a production by Léonard Engel in co-production with PACT Zollverein and HochX Theater und Live Art, supported by the NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ Coproduction Fund for Dance, which is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media of Germany, made possible with the support of the Bayerischer Landesverband für zeitgenössischen Tanz (BLZT) financed by funds from the Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst. and funded by the Kulturstiftung Stadtsparkasse München. With the friendly support of Tanzfabrik Berlin and Tanzbüro München.

Léonard Engel is an artist of the Tanzbüro München.
Special thanks to Isa Köhler, Christina Binder, Ricardo Pereira & Diana Port.