INTRA (the space between)

The project stems from colloquial and curious considerations of both authors about the concept of ‘inter-dependence’ and ‘inter-existence’ of the monk and thinker Tich Nhat Hanh, a principle that upholds the necessary dependent connection (physical, chemical, relational) of all living beings.

Much of the project materialises, paradoxically, with a virtual correspondence at a distance, from which the first ideal structure of the eventual performance is produced, including sounds, words, images and choreography (or rather, qualities of movement). During the first meeting, however, in the four days available, the agreed method veered much more towards two aspects: the production of a choreographic score that investigated the concept of ‘space’ when thought of as a meeting place between two bodies and translated this thought into a danced relationship, and the realisation of the video that was originally an integrated and integral installation of the piece. The creative process initiated naturally led to a research focused on partnering, on the

mutual exchange of weight, on the creation of images of overlapping, almost interlocking bodies, as well as on the impact and effect that touch and proximity have on another’s body.

Along these lines, the work, in its first phase, also included an in-depth search for words and images (the recorded sounds and voices) that would allude to two human dimensions that are always evoked in relation to contact: the anatomical-scientific and the emotional-sensory.