Alchemy of history-
Listening for the third side of the river
Show Dates & venues:
Leipzig:
4 and 5 September at 19:00
Pre-performance workshop at 18:00
6 September at 16:00
Pre-performance workshop at 15:00
galerie KUB, kantstr. 18, 04275 Leipzig
Frankfurt am Main: 1
2 September at 19:00
Pre-performance workshop at 18:00
Trauerhalle, Friedhof Westhausen.
Kollwitzstraße 27, 60488 Frankfurt a.M.
The Performance
As we search for the pajé, we hear different versions of the same story. The pajé is approaching the end of their life, yet their knowledge points toward the beginning of another future.We move forwardbackward and we look abovebelow. In the forest, nothing is as it seems.
The deeper we listen for the third side of the river, the louder we hear the voices of our own memories and origins: the Andes, Agrafa, and Isandlwana. The boundaries between these places dissolve into the contours of the water.
From corporeal cosmologies, a song emerges – one that returns the water to the jungle and the soil to the mountain.
The pajé may have passed. But perhaps we have already reached the third side of the river: a place we create together, one that exists only for as long as we remain there with one another.
*Recommended donation 7€
The Workshop/gathering
Everyone is welcome to join a free 45-minute pre-performance workshop.
Come to the workshop, come to the performance, or we encourage you to come to both.
The workshop offers a context for the performance that follows. It is our shared search for trust in community and for an ancestral memory that vibrates across cultures and personal histories.
Together, we'll practice tuning the senses, becoming more aware of our bodies, and opening to our surroundings. In an informal yet candid space, you'll have the chance to meet the performers and fellow audience members, around and with the rivers in our lives.
All bodies and ages are welcome.
You may sit, lie down, or remain still throughout. If you wish, there will be opportunities to stand, move, or walk. At points, you may be invited to speak, but you are always free to remain silent and participate simply by listening.
Artistic credits
Concept/Project initiator: Diana De Fex
By and with: Maria Tsitroudi, kemelo nozipho sehlapelo, Diana De Fex
Dramaturgy/outside eye: Nina DeLudemannOutside eye: Nargess Behrouzian, Joana Ferraz
With the support of Leipzig Kulturamt, Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, Frankfurt Kulturamt, Kubeo and galerie KUB