Distribution: Koen Vanhove / Key Performance, concept: Jefta van Dinther, Minna Tiikkainen / Choreography and dance: Jefta van Dinther / Light design: Minna Tiikkainen / Sound design: David Kiers / Management: Sven Neumann / Dramaturgy: Gabriel Smeets / Distribution: Sarah De Ganck, ART HAPPENS / Production management: Uta Engel & Romy Hansford-Gerber / Financial management: transmissions GmbH
Jefta van Dinther / Minna Tiikkainen / David Kiers
GRIND
Part of “A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction”
- Dance
50 mins.
Light, sound and movement merge into an intense experience: “GRIND” (2011) challenges our perception – with a body in relentless motion, pulsating beats and flickering light, an overwhelming choreography of the senses is generated.
Rhythms that affect your vision. Dimensions that appear resilient. Light that makes you perceive darkness. In “GRIND” – a collaboration between choreographer and dancer Jefta van Dinther, lighting designer Minna Tiikkainen and sound designer David Kiers – the components of body, light and sound create binds that affect, confuse and move.
Inspired by synesthesia, the performance seeks to challenge our grip on reality by suspending our senses and short-circuiting perception. With pulsating, breathing, flickering lights and the unrelenting beats of dark, loopy techno, “GRIND” generates a choreography of matter. Through duration and repetition the components turn around and around, churning until they start to seem foreign. Minimising in order to maximise, “GRIND” forges simple elements into a full-on affective machine.
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Dates
Past
Further Information
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Credits
Production: Jefta van Dinther & Minna Tiikkainen. Administration: Interim kultur AB (svb). Co-production: Frascati Productions Amsterdam, Weld Stockholm, Tanzquartier Vienna, PACT Zollverein Essen, Grand Theatre Groningen, Jardin d’Europe through Cullberg Ballet Stockholm. Funded by: Swedish Arts Council, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Nordic Culture Point. Supported by: Fabrik Potsdam.
Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2.
