The patterns and qualities that organise the movement of the dancing body and those that form the various
geological surfaces emerge from the same source. Nature inhabits our bodies, which are simultaneously
immersed in it. In the summer of 2021, after a solo journey through the mountain valley of the Engadine,
preceded by several months of movement research in a Hamburg studio, choreographer and contemporary
dance artist
Maria Zimpel, together with filmmaker Claudio von Planta,
completed the shooting of the
choreographic film "Waterdances / Yes Poems". The leading idea of the film oscillates
around the vision of a
dancing body as a transmitter. The choreography moves between real and
imagined landscapes, exploring the
poetics of water's dances through the work of moving images. The geometric choreographic patterns are
confronted with different geological micro-surfaces. The dance conveys a sensory properties of the latter:
temperature, adhesion, softness, moisture. Through the camera's eye, these micro-locations are
transformed
into scenes in which the dancing body interacts with the environment: uses its qualities, tuning into its
rhythms and facing the sublime forces that permeate it. To tell a
non-linear story
of the body's encounters
with the natural landscape, the choreography combines the language of dance art with that of image,
clothing
design, text and music.
Text → Jadwiga Zimpel
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Directing, choreography, dance →
Maria Zimpel
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Director of Photography →
Claudio von Planta
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Editing →
Mathias Hollaender
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Music →
Holly Hock
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Audiomix and Field recording →
Waclaw Zimpel
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Costumes →
Ko_Ruho, Dorota Kabala, Larissa von Planta
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Scientific consultation →
Jadwiga Zimpel
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Subtitles →
Anna Nowokuñska
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Executive producer →
Maria Zimpel
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Special thanks to →
Margrit Tischhauser, Jan Rybkowski, Melanie Zimmerman,
Niklaus Bein
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In cooperation with →
Acziun Susch, program curated by Joanna Lesnierowska in Museum
Susch, ASF
CH von Gražyna Kulczyk, K3 – Center for Choreographie and
Kampnagel Hamburg.
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Supported by →
the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK – STEPPING OUT,funded by
the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture
and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART
KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance, Art Stations Foundation
PL by Gražyna Kulczyk.
