SKINFOLD
Residencies
- 10.02 > 15.02.2025
Dismantling the compartmentalisation of the body, SKINFOLD is a choreographic disintegration of flesh and form. Influenced by Monique Wittig’s The Lesbian Body, which cleaves language open in its radical re-envisioning of flesh, SKINFOLD undoes the rigid frameworks of bodily perception and felt sense. This is not a performance of arrival, nor an attempt to transcend. By liquefying the hardened forms imposed by expectation and identity, SKINFOLD fractures the conventional grammar of the body, creating something mercurial; transforming it into a mutable terrain where familiar forms collapse into fluid ambiguity. Skin folds into itself, limbs blur boundaries, and what once seemed stable becomes something beautifully unknown.
Abigail and Mary will open this research period by working with intimacy coordinator Melina Stinson. Questioning what it means to perform materials which directly address their toplessness, they will focus on developing care strategies and communication tools to support themselves and each other during the creation and performance.
Choreography and performance: Abigail Aleksander, Mary Szydłowska I Live sound and composition: Hannah Todt I Dramaturgy: Amina Szecsödy I Intimacy coordination: Melina Stinson I Lighting design: Yasemin Duru I Co-production: Tanzquartier Wien I With support from: The Flemish Community and Adam Mickiewicz Institute I Residencies: Bears in the Park, DeSingel, P.A.R.T.S., Kunstenwerkplaats I Special thanks to: Sam Aleksander, Carolina Mendonça, Anna Lugmeier, Elisa Liepsch, Melina Stinson, Shoshana Walfish, Beursschouwburg, Caravan Productions, Polish Institute Vienna I In cooperation with the Polish Institute Vienna and the Flemish Community.
Picture by Valeriia Scherbina.