Rooted in an ongoing curiousity towards other cultures and the development of movement in different contexts than her own, Icelandic choreographer and dancer Bára Sigfúsdóttir travelled in 2014 to Teheran (Iran) where she took part in the UNTIMELY Festival. While teaching a workshop, she got intrigued by the skills and presence of two local artists, Masoumeh Jalalieh and SeyedAlireza Mirmohammadi. This experience planted the seed for an ongoing artistic affinity between the three of them, resulting in being, Bára’s newest creation where – for the very first time – she will not be performing herself but will rather direct the meeting between the movers on stage.
Every human being has a body. With this body we address the world and each other, it is the most primary thing which we share with one another. In being the body is the common ground to explore and to put in dialogue the West-European with the Iranian and by extension the Middle-Eastern culture and society. Used as a poetic generator of subtext, the moving body can express different layers of sensations and experiences. The meeting between bodies, between the two people on stage but also between them and the audience, will serve as a sober gesture. A place to explore what we share rather than to underline our differences.
PREMIERE: 26 october 2017, CAMPO (in co-presentation with Vooruit Arts Centre) Ghent (BE)