Dance performance (60 min) · 2025

The performers in the dance piece Body that Stands engage in simple acts of physical resistance toward one another and the space itself. Exploring a range of possible reactions to encounters with opposing forces, they experience moments of conflict, support, frustration, pain, and fantasy.
Living through these short fragments of reality, they continuously redefine their identities and states. As the piece unfolds, the three performers shape their own sense of autonomy, which causes the entire landscape to metamorphose. They constantly shape and reshape the meticulous scenography made of hundreds of wooden bricks, using it to set boundaries and mark territories. The experimental playground then transforms into a battlefield, a graveyard, desert dunes, and more.
Body that Stands observes acts of resistance and its’ consequences, not only between individuals but also between people and where they stand.

Body that Stands premiered in Theater Rampe, Stuttgart on 14th March 2025.

Body that Stands is a co-production with Theater Rampe, funded by the conceptual funding of the Landesverband Freie Tanz- und Theaterschaffende Baden-Württemberg e.V. with funds from the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg, by the state capital Stuttgart, Freie Tanz- und Theaterszene Stuttgart gUG, the Péter Horváth Foundation and the LBBW Foundation. Sponsored by Ritter Sport and supported by the Produktionszentrum Tanz und Performance Stuttgart. Made possible by the residency programme of the Réseau GRAND LUXE network and the special support of the dance department of Theater Freiburg. As part of the Réseau GRAND LUXE network, also supported by the Trois C-L Center for Creation and Choreography in Luxembourg and POLE SUD – CDCN national center for choreographic development in Strasbourg.