SWAMP (work-in-progress)

​SWAMP (work-in-progress) is a solo dance performance that explores swamp landscapes as a metaphor for and a place of memories. The choreography draws on danced embodiments of earth, water and roots to access the complexity of memory processes. It follows a partly narrative, partly abstract structure, moving through the three phases of remembering: sliding into, being in, and awakening from memories. With its immersive, at times meditative atmosphere, SWAMP invites the audience into an inner landscape where repression, flashbacks and disorientation mark a difficult yet healing journey of “working through” memories – much like crossing a swamp. In a time marked by personal and collective trauma, the performance opens a space for relating to memory and nature without claiming control over either.

SWAMP originates from my artistic research project ROOTING MIND, which was realised through a #TakeCareResidency at studioNAXOS Frankfurt as part of flausen+ funded by Fonds Darstellende Künste.​

Photos: Hendryk Kar