HYBRID BODY PERFORMANCE-INTERVIEW FOUR FEET
The performance Four Feet It is the result of the research Hybrid Body that was developed as master work inside the MA Dance Dissemination.
The starting point of the research Hybrid Body was the question about artistic and cultural Identity, dealing with these questions as a choreographic problem for the development of a solo performance.
During the process I interviewed people who have lived through the experience of being outside of their home country for a long time and collected their statements about the feeling of belonging and not belonging and about the influence of this experience on their bodies and gestures. The transcript of these interviews, the corporality of the interviewee and the idea of contemporary identity as a patchwork were the material for the development of this performance.
In establishing a meeting between performer and audience, the audience is invited to participate in the performance and is also responsible for its further development. The solo performance becomes a collective one.
Performance and Choreography: Bianca Mendonça
Mentoring: Nina Patrícia Hänel and Martin Sonderkamp
With histories of Helen, Thiago, Desiré, Sebastian, Dwayne and Anya.
Photos by Maria Östling
Supported by Center for Contemporary Dance - Cologne
