Research St. Gallen
Pool Raum für Kultur
In May 2023, Greywax Dance Company held a week-long residency at Pool Raum für Kultur in St. Gallen. This residency allowed us to delve into early stages of development for Echoes of Applause, our upcoming production premiering in October 2024.
During this week, we experimented with new concepts and collaborated with several artists we hadn’t worked with before, infusing fresh perspectives into the work. The residency concluded with an open showing, followed by a talkback session, inviting feedback and discussion from the audience that helped shape our creative journey forward.
Video
This video brings together everything we worked on during our five-day residency at Pool Raum für Kultur in St. Gallen. Over the week, we developed scenes that capture the unique traits of different subcultures—those unmistakable qualities that make each one instantly recognizable. One of the subcultures we looked into was the early ’90s gabber scene, a high-energy raving culture rooted in Rotterdam, Netherlands. At this stage, we were working under the title Mama, schau mal, which later evolved into Echoes of Applause. This short piece reflects our first steps in exploring how these cultures create such a strong sense of identity and community.