Friday September 16th (online/studio)
CLOUD at Danslab, Den Haag / Zoom
co-production with CLOUD at Danslab and Kinetic Awareness™ Center

an ongoing conversation between New York-based choreographer Laura Shapiro and Thomas Körtvélyessy (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) about dis-embodiment and dance, and how they can relate to social and political crises of our present times.

• what relation do we experience as dance-professionals between dis-embodiment and its consequences, including fascism, imperialism and continued destruction of the biosphere, of which we are a part?

• what can be the role of (our) embodiment, dance and creativity in these processes?

• how does acting according to our physical state relate to a dance culture where production and performance do not always allow for this to happen?

this conversation is shared in a (hybrid) online/studio setting.
each showing includes performance material in various stages of development, with related media and recordings, as well as excerpts from relevant previous works of both choreographers - who have been dealing with these questions for a substantial part of their careers.

the audience gets a chance to be involved in the process, their input further shapes its development.

earlier social media posts that became part of this conversation
- Black Swan Event , LastGasp! , Letter from Poland , between two oceans by Laura Shapiro
- dancing snowflakes , pain and trauma: political dance , lessons from Raven Kassandra by Thomas Körtvélyessy