Conzept und Choreography: Edan Gorlicki
Dance: Mayke van Kruchten, Evandro Pedroni, Jasmin Ellis, N.N.
Co-developed by: Helena Volkov, Pasquale Lombardi, Zoe Gyssler, Moreno Perna, Francesco Barba, Mayke van Kruchten, Evandro Pedroni und Jasmine Ellis
Light-design: Jan Fedinger
Musical advice: Amos Ben-Tal
Dramaturgy: Eva-Maria Steinel
Technic: Ingo Jooß
Management: Alexandra Schmidt
Photo: Lutz Edelhoff

The Players tests the mechanisms of power and control in the form of a game. On seemingly sure ground, Edan Gorlicki tests the influence of social status, manipulation and human calculus. But playing a game is not always as harmless as it seems. Inspired by the fearsome yet appealing charisma of psychopaths, The Players explores the cruel but very effective power of manipulative strategies. Round after round, the players outperform each other in impressing, tricking and boasting and want to know time and time again: Are you ready to play?

In 2017, the production received the Dance and Theatre Award from the city of Stuttgart and the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg and was also awarded the Audience and Critics Awards.

A production by Edan Gorlicki in cooperation with the Choreographische Centrum Heidelberg and the Theater Felina-Areal. Supported by Kunstraad Groningen, Choreographisches Centrum Heidelberg, City of Mannheim, ESSER Stiftung and the State Association Freie Tanz- und Theaterschreifende Baden-Wuerttemberg e.V. with funds from the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
The guest play is supported by the NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ guest play promotion Tanz, sponsored by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media, as well as the Ministries of Culture and Arts of the Lenders.

Born in Israel, Edan Gorlicki is a choreographer, coach and movement research trainer. As a dancer, he has worked for Batsheva Ensemble Dance Company, Inbal Pinto Dance Company, NND/Galilidance and Club Guy & Roni. He has appeared in pieces by choreographers such as Ohad Naharin, Inbal Pinto, Sharon Eyal, Itzik Galili, Paul Selwyn Norton, Emmanuel Gat, Guy Weizman and Roni Haver. As a choreographer, he has developed commissioned works for companies such as Random Collision, Sasha Waltz and Guests, NND/Galilidance, Tanzhaus Zurich, Noord Nederlandse Dans, Club Guy & Roni and OpenFLR. The Wahl-Heidelberger performs his own productions in cooperation with production houses and choreographic centers in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany. Since 2014, Edan Gorlicki has been a Resident Artist at the Choreographic Zentrum Heidelberg and a guest at the Felina-Areal Mannheim.
In 2016, his choreography Out_Cry was nominated for the Polish Golden Mask Award, followed shortly after by a residency as part of THINK BIG in Hannover. www.edangorlicki.com