I-Fest 2006:
Claudia Bucher, Switzerland

chopin Productions

I-Fest 2006 is the second annual festival of international solo performances celebrating individuality.

"Working Out" is a performance art piece in two parts. It is a piece of work on being a woman in Modern Culture while playing with the clichés that common women are confronted with.


11/2/06 - 11/12/06

various


"Working Out" is a performance art piece in two parts. The "Sweet Lady" wants to get red of her ballast; her sugarskirt is heavy to carry and pinches her waist. As soon as she releases herself from the sweet weight, she puts herself under a different pressure while trying to keep up with the body cult, manifested in the 80s fitness icon Jane Fonda, dominant in the time, and still today. It's a piece of work on being a woman in Modern Culture while playing with the clichés that common women are confronted with.

Claudia Bucher, Actor and Author - Was was born in Zug, Switzerland and currently resides in Lucerne . She has received fine arts training at London 's City & Guilds Art School and Switzerland 's Hochshule fur Gestaltung. Since 1997 Ms. Bucher has won numerous prizes for her art including 1st Prize Foundation Show ( London ); 2003 Studio Scholarship Städtepartnerschaft Luzern-Chicago (Chicago) and 2007 Young Artist Publication Series ( Switzerland ).

Mikhael Tara Garver , Director - Mikhael was born in Washington D.C. and received her undergraduate degree in Theater from Northwestern University in 2000. Since graduating she has assisted quite a few visionary directors in American Theater ( Martha Clarke, Gary Griffin, Jeremy Cohen, and Charlie Newell) and directed and choreographed at quite a few prominent Chicago theaters (Timeline Theater Company, Naked Eye Theater Company, Court Theater, American Theater Company, Northlight Theater Company, and Collaboraction). Her largest investment has been in the founding, development, and leadership of Uma Productions where she is the artistic director.

Author
Claudia Bucher

Director
Mikhael Tara Garver

Performers
Claudia Bucher

Production
Chopin Productions

Tags: Festival, Old Europe, 2006