Writing on water – There is an abyss
A joint dance programme with choreographies by Leandro Kees and Chikako Kaido
”There is an abyss” and „Writing on water” are the titles the two young choreographers Chikako Kaido and Leandro Kees gave their new works created for the Folkwang Tanzstudio company.
„Writing on water”
Choreography: Leandro Kees
„I show what you do see, what you do not necessarily see and what you definitely do not see”; says Leandro Kees about his play „Writing on water”. He produces videos of dance scenes in collaboration with media artist Pipo Tafel. Those videos enter into a dialogue with the dancers on the stage. The staging plays with means of perception and the alienation of perspectives to discover new perspectives. Like a cubist painting, scenes show the movement from many different angles or let us experience past and present, things slowed down and speed up, in synchronicity.
„There is an abyss”
Choreography: Chikako Kaido
After her last visit to Japan, which has been registering an increasing suicide rate proportional to its prosperity, Chikako Kaido has started dealing with suicide as a topic. The relationship of the individual and the society, of inner feelings in contrast to outer apathy, is a central thought to her and springboard for her choreography.