Unending love, or love dies, on repeat like it’s endless is a choreography that reflects on the relations of desire, dance, love (as communality), loss and time. The work dwells in the states of perception at the threshold of mourning, hope and celebration. A radiant listening that stems from grief and contends with witnessing the state of transit from life to death. Meanings and perceptions, swell, undo and fragment while the choreography undertakes the invention of micro-grammars of connection. The piece manifests relational forms of being-with and for one another, in spite of and in resistance to overwhelming architectures of violence. The work is performed in various constellations, between one to four performers.
CREDITS
Choreography
Alex Baczyński-Jenkins
In collaboration with and performed in various constellations: Aaa Biczysko, Nancy Naser Al Deen, Ronald Alonso Berger, Samuel F. Pereira
Developed in collaboration with: Aaa Biczysko, Arad Inbar, Beverly D. Renekouzou, Thomias Radin
Sound design and artistic advisor
Krzysztof Bagiński
Sound contributions
Zoi Michailova
Lighting design
Jacqueline Sobiszewski
Dramaturgy
Andrea Rodrigo
Poem
Ezra Green
With thanks to
Dareen Abbas, Thibault Lac
Curator and Tour Manager
Andrea Rodrigo
Executive Producer
Holly Shuttleworth
Duration
2 hrs
A production by
ABJ Studio
Co-producers: De Singel, Antwerp; Arsenic – Contemporary Performing Arts Center, Lausanne; KIASMA, Helsinki; ANTI FESTIVAL, Koupio; Kunstverein Düsseldorf and Ludwig Forum Aachen; Kunstverein Cologne; Klosterruine, Berlin and Disappearing Berlin – Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin.
Developed with the generous support of a residency at Callie’s, Berlin.
Supported by the NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ (NPN) Coproduction Fund for Dance, which is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
Previous presentations include:
Klosterruine, Berlin, Germany (2021); reboot: responsiveness, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, and Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen (2022); Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark (2022); Duelo colectivo, duelo planetario at Museo Reina Sofía with Festival de Otoño, Madrid (2022);Amarre Festival at MDT, Stockholm (2022), Festival de Marseille (2023); Santarcangelo Festival (2023); Mladi Levi, Ljubijana (2023), La Raffinerie, Brussels (2025), Teatro Municipal do Porto, Portugal (2025)
