Dancing with Violence

Dancing with Violence is a participatory audio performance with movement, inspired by the somatic memories and transformation of violence of One unnamed dancer… a psychosomatic experience… a meditation… a fictional memoir set in landscapes of perspectives… an immersive performance in the dark with heightened auditory senses and movement of the audience...

12 of November 2022

at Hošek Contemporary // MS HEIMATLAND close to Fischerinsel 3 10179 Berlin

Two Show Runs:

Performance 4-5pm // Doors at 3:30pm

Performance 7-8pm // Doors at 6:30pm

Duration around 60 minutes.

~ Please wear layers and comfortable shoes.

Artistic Direction, Dance Research, and Words by Min Yoon tr. “Citizen Truth” // Music, Composition and Sonic Landscapes by Wieland Möller // Words and Production by Rodrigo Zorzanelli // Dance Research by Nicola Bullock // Dramaturgical Advice: Jan Maihorn (sound / theater), Jessica Gaynor (dance / choreography), Tom Foskett-Barnes (sound / theater) // Movement scores inspired by Anonymous One

generously supported by // Unterstützt durch das NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ - STEPPING OUT, gefördert von der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen der Initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Hilfsprogramm Tanz.

You are invited to dance with the personal and trans-personal exploration of violence. In darkness, the participants will be invited to dance with the memories, sensations, and imaginations of One dancer’s experience of violence, inspired by butoh-fu, movement instructions using imaginative and poetic language and evocative sounds.

... to evolve the perpetrator and victim archetypes ... to express and transform impulses in all of us… dancing with the different tendencies may they be called anger, fear, angst, justice, collisions, some existential joke or symphony…the multitude of perspectives toward healing and reconciliation or possibly a deeper understanding beyond words without resolve. & In a moment of coming out of isolation and possibly more attuned to our inner feelings, we hope that audio can bring together the inner, outer, and collective experiences in moving together… in moments of continuing to search for answers to the atrocities happening all around us…

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Thank you to Dancer Anonymous who was open to sharing their story for the possible openings in others. They were identified in an open call workshop exploring the victim and perpetrator archetypes.

We would also like to thank the European Academy of the Healing Arts, Klein Jasedow for sound inspirations, as well as Hošek Contemporary Gallery, Theaterhaus Mitte, and Laborgras Studios for support throughout the research and  premiere. The piece also has many inspirations and connections to Anna and Daria Halprin’s Life/Art Process, Process Work, butoh dance, and Laurie Anderson. 

This project will also Premiere Online - Coming Soon

dancetotheedge.com/Dancing-with-Violence

“dancer in the darkness in tesengrity” created with Dall-E2