Conny Janssen Danst, Via Berlin & Ragazze Quartet

We all have our own personalities. How much of it do we show? Do we always dare to be ourselves? What can we learn from people who experience and interpret the world differently than we do? In Normality No More – a unique fusion of music theatre, modern dance, classical music and science – three top companies pay tribute to the neurodivergent brain.

The Ragazze Quartet puts together an unusual ensemble of strings, a percussionist and vocalists that switches between styles without mercy. With Ntjam Rosie (vocals) and Genevieve Murphy (vocals, synthesiser, electronics) live on stage, among others, they transform Schubert’s Winterreise into a completely new alternative from soulful jazz and pulsating electropop to rousing dance rhythms.

A journey through the wondrous inner world of others and ourselves 

Those contrasts are also reflected in the choreography of young creator Davide Bellotta. From 2011 until 2019 he was one of the defining dancers of Conny Janssen Danst. With Normality No More he will make – under the coaching guidance of Conny Janssen – his debut for the main stage. 

The Winterreise is not only revamped musically, but also textually: with the original poems of Müller as a starting point, Dagmar Slagmolen (Via Berlin) invites Lucky Fonz III as co-lyricist. In this way, all sixteen performers weave a completely story all its own which here and there totally derails: Normality No More!