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dances in pain and poem 

An interdisciplinary performance in choreography, digital media, poetry and sound envisioned for public and semi-pulic spaces. At its core, is Saadi Shirazi’s Bani Adam, a renowned13th century poem that depicts the human/being as part of a larger, interconnected, body. It goes on: If one member of this body is in distress, the whole will inevitably suffer.

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How does personal pain affect the individual body, and – as a result – the collective body/humanity?  When power structures impose themselves on our psychosomatic system, how does the body respond, remember, or resist?​​​​​​

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These questions accompanied an extensive period of research in two phases between 2024-2026. The creation is planned for 2027.

(from) being in(to) pain • 2024/2025 

10.2024 . Residency + Sharing . Alte Post Studio, Hamburg (Link)
10.2024 . Panel-Performance . Fluctoplasma Festival, Hamburg (
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11.2024 . Panel-Performance . Dancing on the Edge Festival, Amsterdam (
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4.2025 . Residency . Tanzfabrik, Berlin
4/5.2025 . Residency . CCOV x K3 Tanzplan Hamburg, Montreal
7.2025 . Residency . K3 Tanzplan, Hamburg

7/8.2025 . Research Phase. ImPulsTanz (ATLAS), Vienna
 

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Painscriptions•2025/2026

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11.8.2025 . Open Rehearsal . Rennweg Studio, Vienna (Link)
11.2025 . Residency + Sharing . Tanzfabrik, Berlin (Link)
1.2026 . Pain Lab w/ Lyn Bentschik . Gessnerallee, Zurich

2.2026 . Residency + Sharing . Tanzhaus, Zurich (Link)

4.2026 . Residency + Sharing . Trois C-L, Luxembourg (Link)
7.2026 . Residency . K3 Tanzplan, Hamburg
9.2026 . Workshop . Hastam Festival, Hamburg
10.10 . Workshop . Indonesia Dance Festival, Jakarta 

Photos: Jennifer Ma • Open Studio at Rennweg Studios, Wien • 

MARDOM•Spring 2027

The premier is planned for Spring 2027 with 
Kampnagel Hamburg, and supported by
Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media
Charleroi Danse Brussels and- 


The project requires further funding to be realized.

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Concept Design Sketches • in collaboration with Mina Mohseni •

The Assembly

                       
                                                Sina Saberi
     
           Alexander Varekhine            
   
                                                                Ali Phi

Elise Luinaard         
                                  Anca Huma                     
 Guy Cools  

        Maxime Jeannerat                      Mina Mohseni  

   
                                 Sebastián Solórzano                               Lukas Besenfelder

                                                                   Sofia Chionidou
           Guy Marsan
                                      Claire Lefèvre
 

Venetsiana Kalampaliki 

In Words

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