Jefta van Dinther: Unearth (2022)
Sunday, 24 November, in intervals from 3:00 p.m. to 6:40 p.m.
dance performance
Tabor Sports Hall
Duration: 3h 40 min.
The choreographic potency of Jefta van Dinther’s works resides in the sensuous means and concepts through which our bodies are given passes to spaces in which we can commune with our diverse but collective spirits. His works produce the sort of dance or theatrical magic that we are longing for, transforming an ordinary performance into an unforgettable theatrical experience. A contemporary choreo-vocalist »missa solemnis« creates a touch of humanity and mutual attunement in the midst of a world gone mad.
His first CoFestival performance took place in 2017 with the solo Grind (2011), and in 2019, he was once again our guest with the work Dark Field Analysis (2017). The title Unearth, which is the imperative or infinitive form of the verb »to dig up, exhume or find, discover,« hides an unusual recommendation, for which it is hard to say whether it is addressing the performers, viewers or perhaps even their inter-relation. This time, the choreo-vocal work by Jefta van Dinther renounces almost all stage effects beyond the ten present human bodies, their voices and movements, in order for this stripped-down renunciation to create a fundamental vibration as the condition for the commons. »In this durational work, the audience is summoned into the intensity of repetition and to linger in the sweetness of introspection. Unearth digs into the body as material, whilst exposing both social and spiritual constructs of kinship, purpose and mortality,« reads the accompanying text.
Choreography: Jefta van Dinther
Created and performed by: Brittanie Aigner Brown, Gyung Moo Kim, Roger Sala Reyne, Sarah Elizabeth Stanley, Leah Rachel Katz, Chukwuemeka Ene, Manon Margot Parent, Juan Pablo Camara, Jefta van Dinther
Costumes: Cristina Nyffeler
Voice coach: Doreen Kutzke
Assistant choreographer: Thomas Zamolo
Artistic advice: Gabriel Smeets, Maja Zimmermann
Photo and video: Jubal Battisti
Unearth is a production by Jefta van Dinther
Production management: Uta Engel, Romy Hansford-Gerber
Distribution: Key Performance Administration: Jefta van Dinther (DE), Interim kultur AB (SE)
Co-production: Norrlandsoperan Umeå
Duration of the performance is until 6:40 p.m., the audience is free to choose their position and length of stay.
Organised by: Kino Šiška and NDA Slovenia in collaboration with the Tabor Sports Association
Visitors must be over 7 years of age, this performance is not suitable for the child audience.
Supported by:
Supported by the NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ International Guest Performance Fund for Dance, which is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.