14.09 / 19:00 / Vitlycke - CPA

BLOT - Body Line of Thought

Vanessa Goodman (CA) / Simona Deaconescu (RO)

Performance
Audience: 16 +
Duration: 45 min

BLOT explores movement in relation to the bacteria in our body. The show presents the body as an interconnected system, strong and fragile at the same time. Stripped of the social meanings determined by language, the body is redefined through a dialogue about our coexistence with microbiological beings.

In BLOT, our salts are a conductor of creativity, electricity, and infection. Salt is shared by all, from ocean to soil and body, and is an essential supporter of life on earth. A dune of salt creates a collective body on stage. Our perspiration system defines our biological identity through our unique body odor created by bacteria.

SIMONA DEACONESCU

Crossing genres, Simona Deaconescu explores social constructs through a blend of fiction and reality, often employing irony and dark humor. She investigates future bodily scenarios and choreography in contexts where nature, history, and technology intersect. Deaconescu, who holds BAs in Choreography and Film Directing, and an MA in Choreography, founded the transdisciplinary Tangaj Collective and co-founded the Bucharest International Dance Film Festival.

Acknowledged with the CNDB – National Centre for Dance Award, she regularly collaborates with CNDB and is recognized for her science-influenced works. Supported in the past years by research-based European Projects like Moving Digits and Biofriction, she's been nominated as an Aerowaves Artist twice and studied dance phenomenology in Madagascar as a Forecast Mentee.

VANESSA GOODMAN

Vanessa Goodman holds a BFA from Simon Fraser University and is the artistic director of Action at a Distance Dance Society. Vanessa is attracted to art that has a weight and meaning beyond the purely aesthetic and uses her choreography as an opportunity to explore the human condition.

She has received several awards and honors, including The Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award (2013); The Yulanda M. Faris Scholarship (2017/18); The Chrystal Dance Prize (2019); The Schultz Endowment from Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (2019); and the Space to Fail program (2019/20) in New Zealand, Australia, and Vancouver. Vanessa has been artist-in-residence at Biofriction (Cultivamos Cultura), The Dance Centre, Dance Victoria, Harbourfront Centre, The Shadbolt Centre, and The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, where she was also on faculty. Most recently Vanessa presented work and was a facilitator for Trinity Laban’s 2020 Co-Lab Project (London).

Photo: Adi Bulboaca, Teodora Simova

Find out more about HERE:2023 program: www.here-festival.org