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Die Performance erforscht die Bedeutung von Heimat und Identität aus einer binationalen Perspektive durch Bewegung und Klang. Inspiriert von Kulturtheoretikerin Anne Anlin Chengs Analysen zu Kleidung als Symbole eines stigmatisierenden, exotisierenden Blicks, übersetzt das Projekt das Zusammenspiel zweier kultureller Kontexte sowie die Suche nach Ganzheit und Authentizität. Die Brücke symbolisiert den aktiven Prozess des Verbindens und Konstruierens, während die Insel den Raum jenseits klarer kultureller Grenzen repräsentiert, der dennoch ein Gefühl von Leichtigkeit vermittelt.
 

Credits: Live Set Boris Donskoff, Costume Alice Grosjean

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The performance explores the meaning of home and identity from a binational perspective through movement and sound. Inspired by cultural theorist Anne Anlin Cheng’s analyses of clothing as symbols of a stigmatized, exoticizing gaze, the project translates the interplay between two cultural contexts and the search for wholeness and authenticity. The bridge symbolizes the active process of connecting and constructing, while the island represents the space beyond clear cultural boundaries that still conveys a sense of ease.
 

Credits: Live Set Boris Donskoff, Costume Alice Grosjean

 
Harumi Mumenthaler
Harumi Mumenthaler is a freelance movement artist who is based in Basel, Switzer- land. She has gained experience as a dancer and performer in the past 10 years and has started to work as a movement director and choreographer. Her background in vi- sual communication and scenography evoke her understanding for mixed media and support her interests in the challege of putting dance and movement into different context and adapting the content accordingly.