A BODY AND OTHER OBJECTS (in creation)
Concept and Artistic Direction|Ana Jordão
Performance|Ana Jordão and Vincent Kollar
Music and Sound Design|Fabian Laute
Choreographic Assistance|Yotam Peled
Rigging Design|Vincent Kollar
Light Design|Stafen Goldbaum Tarabini
Duration|60+ mins
Performance|Ana Jordão and Vincent Kollar
Music and Sound Design|Fabian Laute
Choreographic Assistance|Yotam Peled
Rigging Design|Vincent Kollar
Light Design|Stafen Goldbaum Tarabini
Duration|60+ mins
A BODY AND OTHER OBJECTS is an entrancing exploration of the human body as both matter and object.
Exploring the spectrum between gravity and weightlessness, corporeality and objecthood, reality and illusion, the work challenges perceptions, encouraging viewers to marvel at the boundless possibilities that emerge when we set aside preconceived notions of what a body is capable of. Through deep trust and intricate physical collaboration, Ana and Vincent invite viewers into an intimate and tender space where the mechanics of human connection are laid bare.
The performance is an invitation to rediscover the magic of the everyday, celebrating the beauty of radical care, symbiosis, and the interconnectedness of all things, animate and inanimate alike.
Taking an object-oriented perspective on the human body, the piece examines the interaction between hair-hanging (circus discipline) and movement practices based on partnering, martial arts, object manipulation, illusion, and performative rigging*. From this hybrid language emerges a meditative and impactful work, immersing the audience in our shared fantasy of the weightless body in flight.
Built from a series of interconnected chapters, the piece repeatedly asks us to suspend disbelief before exposing the reality that underpins each moment of illusion. This performative fabric is woven together through a highly detailed musical composition from Fabian Laute, the music sometimes urging the physical action forward and sometimes creating a rich layered bed for it to rest in.
* Exploration of the performative potential of rigging gestures and exposing rigging as craftwork.
Exploring the spectrum between gravity and weightlessness, corporeality and objecthood, reality and illusion, the work challenges perceptions, encouraging viewers to marvel at the boundless possibilities that emerge when we set aside preconceived notions of what a body is capable of. Through deep trust and intricate physical collaboration, Ana and Vincent invite viewers into an intimate and tender space where the mechanics of human connection are laid bare.
The performance is an invitation to rediscover the magic of the everyday, celebrating the beauty of radical care, symbiosis, and the interconnectedness of all things, animate and inanimate alike.
Taking an object-oriented perspective on the human body, the piece examines the interaction between hair-hanging (circus discipline) and movement practices based on partnering, martial arts, object manipulation, illusion, and performative rigging*. From this hybrid language emerges a meditative and impactful work, immersing the audience in our shared fantasy of the weightless body in flight.
Built from a series of interconnected chapters, the piece repeatedly asks us to suspend disbelief before exposing the reality that underpins each moment of illusion. This performative fabric is woven together through a highly detailed musical composition from Fabian Laute, the music sometimes urging the physical action forward and sometimes creating a rich layered bed for it to rest in.
* Exploration of the performative potential of rigging gestures and exposing rigging as craftwork.
Supported by:
Espaço do Tempo (PT) I Pfefferberg Theater (DE) I CIRQUEON (CZ) I Panama Pictures (NL) I Chamäleon Theater (DE) I Dynamo Workspace (DK)
Culture Moves Europe (EU) | Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt – Recherchestipendium (DE)
Espaço do Tempo (PT) I Pfefferberg Theater (DE) I CIRQUEON (CZ) I Panama Pictures (NL) I Chamäleon Theater (DE) I Dynamo Workspace (DK)
Culture Moves Europe (EU) | Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt – Recherchestipendium (DE)
Artistic Outside Eyes:
Geordie Brookman, Benjamin Richter, Pia Meuthen, Francesco Barba, Aleš Hrdlička.
Geordie Brookman, Benjamin Richter, Pia Meuthen, Francesco Barba, Aleš Hrdlička.
