Liberté Cathédrale

What’s happening at the moment — between the Tanztheater Wuppertal dancers and myself; between the Brutalist Mariendom church in Neviges and us; between the pipe organ, played at its fullest tone, and our bodies — is all about coming together. We’re working on the freedom to imagine things that wouldn’t have existed if all these “bodies” hadn’t rushed at one another: Tanztheater Wuppertal dancers rushing at other dancers I’ve already worked with, rushing at each other’s idea of freedom and the cathedral, and all these individual sensations rushing at a choreography we’re designing together. For the moment, there’s a kind of canvas in my head. The dancers throw themselves onto it, and it becomes bigger, more alive. It “takes shape.” I have the feeling that you really must be “all these people,” with all these sensibilities coming together, for the piece to happen...

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