From the hyper-performativity of classical ballet to the reinvention of forms and presences, Marion Zurbach traces a physical, aesthetic, and political metamorphosis. Drawing on her embodied experience, she questions dominant dance narratives and aligns herself with anti-heroic figures and the forgotten archetypes of romantic ballet.

Extending the perspective to non-human worlds, she explores the transformative power of so-called “invasive” or “nuisible” species. Inspired by these marginalized beings, she seeks a poetics of impure, fantastical figures. Between reality and fiction, the performance evokes creatures in suspension — alert, unfinished, on the verge of becoming. Transformation is embraced as a continuous, subversive process, carried by the shifting flux of identities.

TEAM
Concept and performance Marion Zurbach
Sound creation Zooey Agro
Costume creation Silvia Romanelli

Light design Nils Doucet
Dramaturgy Arthur Eskenazi
Oeil extérieur Johanna Hilari
Producer Maxine Devaud
Administration Raphaël Soleilhavoup
Pictures Simon Courchel

COPRODUCTION
Ballet National de Marseille & Dampfzentrale Bern

CN D Centre National de la Danse Pantin, Tanzhaus Zürich, SOMA Marseille, KLAP maison pour la danse Marseille, Festival Parallèle

"Coproduced by" is a piece created in co-authorship with the ensemble of TANZ Bielefeld. Based on a detailed creative protocol, the piece is conceived as a laboratory and unfolds in seven experiments. Clear choreographic scores structure the work without fixing the movements. They provide impulses for gaze, posture, dynamics, and spatial paths, while giving the dancers freedom for their own interpretation. This makes both the individuality of the performers and the identity of the company visible.

TEAM

Choreography: Marion Zurbach
Dancers and co-creators: Dorėja Atkočiūnas, Alex Avni, Rhiannon Beausoleil-Morrisson, Gaya Bommer-Yemini, Félix Bossard, Hampus Larsson, Hiro Murata, Naomi Shirel Turnpu, Chiara Pareo and Jacob Phillips  
Music and vocal coaching: Zooey Agro
Dramaturgy: Felix Bering
Costumes: Bregje Van Balen
Lights: Fabian Grohmann

DATES AT THEATER LABOR BIELEFELD (GER)

23.01.2026
24.01.2026
05.02.2026
06.02.2026
07.02.2026
12.02.2026
13.02.2026
18.02.2026
20.02.2026
21.02.2026