New Artefacts
Matthew William Robinson and Helge Letonja with the Ensemble Of Curious Nature
Arcadia (Myth.: idyllic place of beauty and harmony with nature)
Matthew William Robinson
The last days of summer. A group of young people meet at the edge of a sports field.
Athletic bodies move in glaring artificial light, as if on a catwalk made of artificial turf.
Boundaries between reality and fiction begin to blur. Ancient myths resurface, newly reinterpreted, creating a shimmering hyperreality.
Black Rain (WT)
Helge Letonja
Water trickles down oversized windows, feeding the agonizing longing for torrential rain that might break the enduring paralysis.
In Black Rain, OCN dives into a melancholic daydream that evolves into a dynamic endless loop. Can one lose something one has never possessed?
Matthew William Robinson, director of Malta’s national company ŻfinMalta, and Helge Letonja, artistic director of Of Curious Nature, have initiated a long-term artistic exchange between their ensembles, enabling reciprocal guest choreographies and guest performances. At the end of October, with this double bill, they present their first collaboration for the Bremen-based ensemble Of Curious Nature.
Choreography: Matthew William Robinson | Helge Letonja | Choreographic Assistance, Rehearsal Direction: Mariko Koh | Dance: Lys Cabral, Wan-Yun Chen, Jed Nagales, Tiago Reis, Daniel Sabia, Pere Sansaloni Servera, Carolina Verra | Production Office: steptext dance project | A production by TanzRAUM Nord gUG and steptext dance project, funded by the Senator für Kultur and the Karin-und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung.