2014

Can you hear it—the quiet thrum, the breathless hush?
Can you see the strange tenderness blooming in captivity, fragile and defiant?
Do you feel the ache to be held—even by the hand that binds you?

There, in the gasp between breath and bruise,
love and brutality folded into one another—
indistinguishable and suspended.

The ache to love.
The ache to be loved.
The flickering line where devotion blurs into control.
Who held the reins? And who, in surrender, became the guide?

Gender dissolved.
Names were never spoken.
This was not a story.
It was an encounter.
One that left marks.

Choreography, costumes and concept: Pascal Marty

Lighting design: Joachim Brink

Rehearsal director: Fernando Melo

Music: Moderat, arranged by Matt Foley

Performers: Maria Chiara Mezzadri and Pascal Marty

Commissioned by Adolphe Binder for Northern Delight 2 with Göteborgs Operans Danskompani

Awards: Katapult Award 2014 from Göteborgs Operans Danskompani

Photos (c) Tilo Stengel