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5 August 2023
Landing on Feathers
Jija Sohn, Aleksandra Lemm en Julia Reist | NL
In Landing on Feathers, the makers put the magnifying glass on the relationship between the caregiver and the care recipient. How do we care for each other? And how does this affect us and our relationship with others?
Location
Papenhulst
Running time
75 min.
Genre
We and the world
Choreographer Jija Sohn, performer Aleksandra Lemm, and performer Nica Roses have been researching together with artist Elmer Kouwenberg, whose body was paralysed in a car accident 28 years ago since 2021.
In the performance, the audience witnesses the interaction between Elmer and his care team consisting of dancers. The carers and artists share their perspective on the exchange and relationship that arises in the care taking through dance. Limitations are not only experienced but also recognised as an indispensable part of caregiving.
Landing on Feathers is a performance for those who need care and those who give care and lets the audience experience how to care for each other more consciously and mindfully.
Programme producer Dylan Kroese: "You become aware of the power of touch. During the performance, you start thinking about what do I actually like in terms of touch. About how natural movement and touch is for you, while others can't or don't experience it that way."
English is spoken in Landing on Feathers by Jija Sohn. Following the performance there will be an after talk.
"Landing on Feathers is a combination of humour and seriousness, of a very personal realism with dramaturgical strategies and minimal design, which make the paradoxes of an emancipated self-image in relation to intimacy and care emerge."
Theaterkrant
Concept Jija Sohn, Alexandra Lemm and Julia Reist
Performance Jija Sohn, Alexandra Lemm, Nica Roses and Elmer Kouwenberg
Direction Jija Sohn
In Research with Alexandra Lemm, Nica Roses and Elmer Kouwenberg
Dramaturgy Julia Reist
Music composition Abel Kroon
Scenography and physical advisor Sebastian Belmar
Residency De Brakke Grond, Kunstencentrum BUDA, WPZimmer, ICK Dans Amsterdam/Space for Dance Art, VIERNULVIER, Kaaistudio's
Photos used Alex Heuvink
Coproducers DansBrabant, SPRING Performing Arts Festival, Kaaitheater, VIERNULVIER, Be My Guest, De Brakke Grond, Theaterfestival Boulevard, ICK Dans Amsterdam/Space for Dance Art, Dansateliers, Festival CEMENT
