Angelic Conversations continues Alex Baczyński-Jenkins’s exploration of the structures of desire. This work undertakes the conditions of devotion, grace, and ecstasy. Through movement, sound, light, and poetic text, the piece asks how choreography can become a practice of invocation, a means of communion, and a medium for an encounter between the corporeal and the incorporeal. Baczyński-Jenkins works with a historical and contemporary movement vocabulary that explores a spectrum between ecstasy and spirituality. In Angelic Conversations, he and three dancers explore the sensual, political, and relational potential inherent in the figure of the angel.

CREDITS

Choreography
Alex Baczyński-Jenkins

In collaboration with and performed by
Maia Joseph, Kasia Kuzka, and Adam Russell-Jones

Initial movement score development
with Maia Joseph

Live sound
Krzysztof Bagiński

Sound contributions
Jasia Rabiej

Choir voice and composition
Alicja Janosz

Lighting design
Jacqueline Sobiszewski

Lighting operator
Dariusz Adamski

Costumes
Rafał Domagała

Live camera
Fion Mutert

Dramaturgical adviser, studio director, and creative producer
Darcey Bennett

Dance research
Andrea Rodrigo

Artistic adviser
Carlos Manuel Oliveira

Commissioned texts
Billy Morgan, Edwin Nasr, and Ezra Green

Studio and project manager
Laura Cecilia Nicolás

Tour manager
Anna Posch

Commissioned by steirischer herbst ’26
Produced by steirischer herbst ’26 and ABJ Studio
coproduced by Kampnagel and Arsenic – Centre d’art scénique contemporain
Supported by NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ – Coproduction Fund for Dance, which is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

Duration
1h15min

Photo
Marcella Ruiz Cruz