centro cultural de belém - sala de ensaio | duration 50min |
tickets 10 € / 7,5 €
thursday _ 5 june 19h | friday _ 6 june 19h | saturday _ 7 june 19h
co-production alkantara

Without a doubt, one of the most surprising presences at the previous alkantara festival was the piece aKabi by Turkish choreographer Aydin Teker. The dancers appeared on stage with heavy platform shoes of different heights, transforming their bodies into hybrid forms. “When I make a choreography, I always start by creating a problem”, says Aydin Teker. “Then I spend the rest of my time trying to resolve it”.
harS is a duet between a dancer and a harp. In her customary attitude of investigator, Aydin Teker ignores all the rules about the handling of the instrument and its strong historical and musical connotations. She looks at the harp as an object. During 50 minutes, the dancer Ayşe Orhon interacts with this inanimate body, in an exercise of great rigor and density. Executed at the limit of equilibrium, harS is an inexhaustible source of poetic images and a piece of rare sculptural beauty. The piece does not create narratives; meaning emerges in the eye of the beholder.

direction and choreography aydin teker | choreography and performance ayşe orhon | musical advice evrim demirel | costume design ayşegül alev | light design thomas walgrave | production bimeras | idans | co-production alkantara (lisbon), biennale bonn (bonn), baltoscandal festival (rakvere), rotterdamse schouwburg (rotterdam), kunstenfestivaldesarts (brussels), festival culturescapes (basel) | project co-produced by next step with the support of the culture program of the european union | support presentation lisbon 1001 actions for dialogue anna lindh foundation

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