Spiel im Spiel by Ceren Oran & Moving Borders

The highlight at AHA! 2024 is Spiel im Spiel, directed by Ceren Oran. Spiel im Spiel is a virtuous, playful, humorous, and touching dance piece not only for children (3+) but also their families. When we play, anything is possible: the floor is made of lava, objects fly through the air and everyday items take on a whole new meaning. The stool is a raft, a bridge, a house, a tower. It stands on its head, lies on its side, stands on its feet... From an almost infinite selection of possibilities, new worlds with their own sets of rules emerge playfully, and they are repeatedly changed, expanded, discarded.

But how does one game lead to the next? Who decides what happens next?
Who makes the rules and how do you make the best decision?
And what happens if someone doesn't want to take part?

Three dancers get involved in the "game into game" to explore different rules, spaces, choices of each other’s world of games. They tear down one in order to build and explore another one.

Team:
Concept & Artistic Direction: Ceren Oran
Choreography & Dance: Jin Lee, Jihun Choi, Máté Ásboth 
Dance / Performance: Sofia Casparini, Roni Sagi, Máté Ásboth 
Dramaturgy: Anna Stegherr, Roni Sagi
Light Design: Joannis Mürböck
Music: Gudrun Raber-Plaichinger
Tech execution: Ramona Lehnert
Stage & Costume: Sigrid Wurzinger
Creative Producer: Karolina Hejnova
Production Management: Michael Hennig
 
Spiel im Spiel is touring South India, with performances in Chennai, Trivandrum and Coimbatore, besides Bangalore.

AHA!, Ranga Shankara’s most ambitious programme to date, brings the magic of theatre in all its aspects to children. Launched in 2006, AHA! has grown organically, adding programmes, dimensions, audiences, international collaborations and more, as one of the country’s most important and sustained theatre for children programmes.