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.
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?
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 (Link)
11.2024 . Panel-Performance . Dancing on the Edge Festival, Amsterdam (Link)
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


Painscriptions•2025/2026


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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