Marcela Levi is awarded the ZKB Acknowledgement Prize 2010
31st. Zürcher Theaterspektakel Festival :: Zürich :: Switzerland
4-Sep-2010

The Acknowledgent Prize allows for additional recognition and support of a nominee whose work is considered to be outstanding. It is awarded to a company or an artist for extraordinary achievement in such areas as choreography, dramaturgy, audience participacion or acting. (from Festival Website)

The Jury 2010

• Jetse Batelaan, theatre director, Rotterdam
• Sandrine Kuster, actress, festival and theatre director, Lausanne
• Hiromi Maruoka, producer and cultural manager, Tokyo
• Simone Truong, choreographer and dancer, Zurich
• Ariane von Graffenried, author, spoken word performer and theatre scientist, Bern

Statement of the jury: Acknowledgement Prize 2010
Marcela Levi and Flavia Meireles (Brazil): around the hole everything is edge

The Acknowledgment Prize of 5000 Swiss Francs is awarded to Marcela Levi and Flavia Meireles for their performance around the hole everything is edge. With fascinating simplicity and precise choreography the two performers manage to create a space full of images on the topic of war and violence. Their fragmentary, poetic and unmoral approach is touching and at the same time thought provoking. Flavia Meireles convinces as an outstanding performer and makes a significant contribution to the success of the performance. Operating at the cutting edge of contemporary dance and visual arts, Marcela Levi and Flavia Meireles connect with the audience in an open, subtle and direct way and manage to make them laugh despite the sensitive content of their performance. With the ZKB Acknowledgment Prize 2010, the jury would like to encourage the performers to expand their artistic researches.