Jetzt bist Du dran.

A project of choreographic reconstruction, dedicated to Andrei Jerschik

This project is based on the choreography Mensch im Wahn / Man in delusion (Premiere 1929) by Andrei Jerschik (1902–1997). Andrei Jerschik was a well-known expressive Austrian Ausdruckstänzer, Choreographer, Opera Director and a committed Teacher of acrobatics and ballet. The main subject of that performance is the act of passing on and the act of reconstructing choreography. In 1995 Andrei Jerschik, already aged 94 year old, passed on directly his choreography Mensch im Wahn to Harmen Tromp. Tromp’s memories of that process as well as the vigorous and touching indications that Jerschik gave through handwritten notes formed the initial points of that project.

The piece is conceptually divided into three parts:
Original – Reconstruction – Film

Jetzt bist Du dran. was premiered at the Festival BERÜHRUNGEN. Tanz vor 1938 – Tanz von heute, curated by Andrea Amort in October 2008 at the Odeon in Vienna.