(Int)eruption.
The Idea of a Second Heart.
Duration 45 min.
Premiere 2.7.2019 Uferstudios, Berlin
Concept, Choreography, Performance: Ana Lessing Menjibar
Music Composition: Ana Lessing Menjibar & Philipp Kullen
Music: Philipp Kullen
Dramaturgy: Vera Fenyvesi Köppern
Space: Ana Lessing Menjibar & Paul Snowden
Costume: Silke Faber
Light: Thorsten Kosellek
With the support of
Mentor Angela Schubot, Nik Haffner
Tutor Rhys Martin
Produced by Ana Lessing Menjibar & Hzt Berlin
Inside the womb, we start to hear at the age of 4 months. We hear the sounds of our mother’s body: the pumping of her blood, the tide of her breath, the murmur of her bowels, her heartbeat. We feel them vibrating through our entire body. Once we become a single body, the first thing we miss is the rhythm- the rhythm of a second body.
Then we grow into our own inner multitude of rhythms, orchestrating the rhythms of our walking, dancing, speaking, laughing and crying. Our rhythms constantly encounter with those of the outside world, of spaces we inhabit, of our relationships and politics. We coexist with them and tune our bodies to them. And sometimes, those rhythms clash.
