Bodies of Light is based on the solo Solo for Lea (2016) and plays with mutual reflection: two people who follow each other, mirror each other, conceal each other and amplify each other's contours, rhythms, colors and personal energies. Claudia Tomasi and Yen Lee have each developed their own interpretation of the solo.
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Isabelle Schad: Bodies of Light & Close by, So far – Landscapes of Infinity
Now they come together and dance the solo at the same time. At its core, Bodies of Light unfolds at the interface between visual art and dance, between performance and installation, sensual experience and abstraction, and plays with analogies of cubism and Picasso's drawings from a single stroke.
Close by, So far - Landscapes of Infinity is an oscillation between detail and expanse, born out of a longing for contemplation and healing in an age of crisis. The work is inspired by literary works such as The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe and The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, in which vast landscapes stand as metaphors for a utopian life.
Close by, So far – Landscapes of Infinity is both opposition and suggestion: they insist on their sensitivity and their sensory experience. They turn against binary forms of being, seeing and moving: a space of resistance is needed more than ever.
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Artistic direction, concept, choreography: Isabelle SchadCo-choreography, dance (Close by, So far): Viviana Defazio, David Kummer, Arantxa Martinez, Alessandra DefazioCo-Choreography, dance (Bodies of Light): Claudia Tomasi, Yen LeeComposition, sound: Damir SimunovicLight design, technique: Bruno PocheronCostume assistance (Close by, So far): likabariPR, outreach: Elena BasteriProduction management: Heiko Schramm
A production by Isabelle Schad in co-production with Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion Berlin. Supported by Wiesen55 e.V.. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.
A production by Isabelle Schad in co-production with Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion Berlin. Supported by Wiesen55 e.V.. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.
Dates
April 2025
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