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UNFAILING
A SHORT DANCE FILM IN COLLABORATION WITH SASKIA OIDTMANN, NORA WETZEL, AND SIMON BAUER. IN THIS SHORT CHOREOGRAPHIC PIECE MADE FOR VIDEO, IXCHEL MENDOZA HERNÁNDEZ GETS INSPIRATION FROM THE CIRCLE, SYMBOLIZING WHOLENESS, ETERNITY, AND TIMELESSNESS. EXPLORING THE SIMPLICITY AND POTENTIALITY OF A CIRCULAR MOTION, THE BODY EVOLVES SLOWLY AND UNFOLDS PERSISTENTLY, AND BECOMES A MOTOR FOR A CHOREOGRAPHY. A PATH CONNECTING ENDLESSLY A BEGINNING AND AN END, AS AN ONGOING CYCLE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. “THERE IS A TENSION BETWEEN THE BEGINNING AND THE END. IT WITHHOLDS ALL AND EVERYTHING EMERGES OUT OF IT” This work is part of 9 other dance films from other artists inside the album TANZ VOM TOD: Ten dance short films by ten dance artists from Berlin. Concept and artistic direction: Saskia Oidtmann | Dance artists: Florian Bücking, Mathis Kleinschnittger, Raisa Kröger, Rosalind Masson, Ixchel Mendoza Hernández, Ming Poon, Kiana Rezvani, Maria Walser, Anna Weißenfels, Frank Willens | Film: Nora Wetzel | Composition and sound design: Simon Bauer | Audio description: Simone Detig, Gerald Pirner | PR: Fellow Publishing | Production: Medeafilm | Funded by Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien | On the 15th of September was the premiere, but it is still available to watch. https://www.tanzvomtod.com/ixchelmendozahernndez MORE INFO: Dance film album TANZ VOM TOD https://dringeblieben.de/tanz-vom-tod-tanzfilm/videos |
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All pictures: Nora Wetzel