TERRA 5 explores the ritual of play; as an intentional devotion to universal rhythms. An ecology of forms and their relationship lays the ground for a voyage, where all tangible matter; earth, concrete and body, is captured in a world within which everything is heard, touched and seen, and no thing is hidden. The existence of the body is awakened by an attraction towards interaction, while the dancers flesh their actions out as a mechanism of survival. Drawn into a vision on an imagined plane; intense emotions are housed in exposure, entanglement, shared sense and bodied longing.

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O orange and yellow land
we were made
we have come this far
to be taught
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the attraction
to be called in
to carve the ground
with relationships
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for sweet water
through dusty air
under the ground
in and out breathing
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in Terra 5
we notice the change
as salt in the wind
informs our pathways
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and when we touch
an original name
for all our motions
flows in as surrender


choreography and direction: Maya Matilda Carroll
dance with and by: Yeonji Han, Charlotte Böttger, Maija Ripatti
original sound: Roy Carroll
costume and lights: Maya Matilda Carroll and NNN Dance
production: NNN Dance

photos: Nicole Strube | Westside Room

premier: Tanzraum, Werkraum Warteck PP, Basel, 19 Sept, 2024