The Infinite Gesture
Image: Dora Đurkesac/Pictures: Dieter Hartwig
A JOURNEY INTO THE REALM OF INTERCONNECTEDNESS: THE NEW PERFORMANCE “THE INFINITE GESTURE” BY IXCHEL MENDOZA HERNÁNDEZ, WHICH PREMIERES AT RADIALSYSTEM IN MID-DECEMBER, EXPLORES THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF TOUCH, CONNECTION AND EMPATHY. FROM THE SENSITIVE GESTURE OF TOUCH GROWS A DEEPLY INTERTWINED CHOREOGRAPHIC LANDSCAPE IN WHICH THREE PERFORMERS ENCOUNTER EACH OTHER AND POSE QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR SOCIAL CO-EXISTENCE. IN “THE INFINITE GESTURE”, THEY INVESTIGATE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON COMING-INTO-CONNECTION: FROM SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT TO SYMBOLIC, METAPHYSICAL AND SOCIETAL DIMENSIONS OF BEING TOGETHER. IN THIS PERFORMANCE, IXCHEL MENDOZA HERNÁNDEZ MAKES TANGIBLE THE POTENTIAL OF TOUCH TO SHIFT POWER HIERARCHIES, DEPENDENCIES AND CARE AND SEEKS ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVES FOR THIS NETWORK OF RELATIONSHIPS.
Concept, choreography, text and performance: Ixchel Mendoza Hernández | Performance and co-creation: Sebastian Elias Kurth, Emeka Ene | Sound/Music: Hyewon Suk | Light: Annegret Schalke | Stage design: Dora Đurkesac |Stage and technical assistance: Louise Wach | Costume: Malena Modéer | Dramaturgy: Jenny Mahla | Perceptual facilitator: Joséphine Evrard | Produktion: M.i.CA.| Distribution: Tammo Walter | Audio description text and editing: Swantje Henke and Gerald Pirner | Coproduction: Radialsystem and Tanzfabrik Berlin :LOVE: | With the support of: Something Great - Zentrum für Internationales Zeitgenössische Darstellende Künste| Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds |
Premiere: December 2024 Berlin, Germany
Concept, choreography, text and performance: Ixchel Mendoza Hernández | Performance and co-creation: Sebastian Elias Kurth, Emeka Ene | Sound/Music: Hyewon Suk | Light: Annegret Schalke | Stage design: Dora Đurkesac |Stage and technical assistance: Louise Wach | Costume: Malena Modéer | Dramaturgy: Jenny Mahla | Perceptual facilitator: Joséphine Evrard | Produktion: M.i.CA.| Distribution: Tammo Walter | Audio description text and editing: Swantje Henke and Gerald Pirner | Coproduction: Radialsystem and Tanzfabrik Berlin :LOVE: | With the support of: Something Great - Zentrum für Internationales Zeitgenössische Darstellende Künste| Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds |
Premiere: December 2024 Berlin, Germany
TEASER: CHRISTIANE SCHNIEBEL
TRAILER: WALTER BICKMANN