UNFAILING

All pictures: Nora Wetzel

A SHORT DANCE FILM IN COLLABORATION WITH SASKIA OIDTMANN, NORA WETZEL, AND SIMON BAUER.
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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”
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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