hard, soft, fragile - dance piece

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The interest in corals and the marine world was born out of a concern for other than human forms of life. My long term research looked into the problem of coral bleaching, caused by natural changes and the devastating effects of human activities. The idea that corals are not only a species, but also home to other species, has revealed an important insight about the interdependence of different life forms. Scientifically, corals are classified into hard and soft types, meanwhile fragility is a characteristic feature of their survival. These qualities, characteristic to corals, inform the search for materiality and dramaturgy of the performance.

In this work, I am looking for how the space, created through sound and embodiment, can generate a different kind of sensitivity towards other than human life forms. The poetic metaphors of sound and movement allow us to get close to the ocean, to imagine and listen. In the work I am looking for how the space created by various performative tools can help destabilise the human body and create a different sensibility.

hard, soft, fragile (dance piece soundtrack)

a mix of sound recordings from my phone. footsteps from Sakartvelo, piano impro from Copenhagen, metro voice from Tokyo, church bells from Santorini, a birds from Aleknačiai, my humming from Visaginas and some noise from Zarasai.

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