Legendary pioneer of modern dance, Doris Humphrey, already defined falls and rises as essential component parts of every movement. But in their new piece, director Franziska Henschel and choreographer Philipp van der Heijden prove that the fall is also a moment of freedom, a utopian place of the present with strange potential. As the duo Text and Dance they confront, as usual, the theatrical and the dance perspectives. But because the fall is difficult to plan, above all the piece speculates on the hazards that help us to get wise to the potential ...
Legendary pioneer of modern dance, Doris Humphrey, already defined falls and rises as essential component parts of every movement. But in their new piece, director Franziska Henschel and choreographer Philipp van der Heijden prove that the fall is also a moment of freedom, a utopian place of the present with strange potential. As the duo Text and Dance they confront, as usual, the theatrical and the dance perspectives. But because the fall is difficult to plan, above all the piece speculates on the hazards that help us to get wise to the potential of the fall.
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