Ah!Oh! A contemporary ritual
Ah!Oh! A contemporary ritual
Six performers enter a dark room. They seem familiar. Yet there is something unusual in their appearance. The have disappeared into oblivion, but are longing for contact. Greek choreographer Kat Válastur’s work invokes powerful visualizations of strange, non-existent places where the dancers are subject to a private, hidden logic. Working from bodily practices based on energy flow and awareness, she creates enigmatic, intense works where the bodies seem to be in contact with the forces of nature.
In Ah! Oh! A contemporary ritual, the dancers find themselves in a post-apocalyptic world. Or is it a Berlin nightclub? Through expressive movements, they try to locate themselves by evoking memories of dancing together and human contact. Their movements play with the tradition of the circle dance, while an imposing lighting design reveals fragments of a community that was once connected.
This performance is part of Artefact festival 2017 with the theme The Act of Magic.
concept/choreografie Kat Válastur | lichtontwerp Martin Beeretz | kostuums Lydia Sonderegger | geluidsontwerp Lambros Pigounis | dramaturgie Thomas Schaupp | video Sandra Merseburger | uitgevoerd door Leyla Postalcioglu, Enrico Ticconi, Shachar Levi, Annegret Schalke, Marysia Zimpel, Romain Thibaud Rose & Kat Válastur | productie Kat Válastur
