Performances
Tanz Performance Serie # 22 "The Wall"
über die Absicht
Nobody has the intention to built a wall
Someone intents to breath, speak, exist, move. Some others join in, helping and flowing together harmonically, till their intentions change to a gradually growing barrier which restricts the first one's activity to the maximum. However, this barrier leads to a transformation and a new situation equally vibrant is slowly getting born. This is a process recognizable not only in politics but also in every other kind of human relation. A wall is a force to change, minimize, rearrange, hide and restrict, thoughts as well as actions. It contains pure violence, very often intelligently hidden. And this hidden element, like an invisible carpet, determines and supports this situation’s hazard.
Über die Absicht is a comment on the (un)famous sentence of the German communist politician Walter Ulbricht ''Niemand hat die Absicht, eine Mauer zu errichten'' (Nobody has the intention to built a wall), a comment made during a press conference on the 15th of June 1961. Two months later the Berlin Wall was built and Ulbricht is forever remembered as a big liar in history.
“A wall. The doubts, the fear, the frustration, the obstinacy, the transformation, the separation. The crucial point to wear or not the safety belt before you fall. The mind’s vibrating moment in front of a decision and the ladder to climb on and discover what’s hidden behind. No wall is static. All are invisibly animated with a new reality being built around and beyond them and with all the developments potentially present.” - Sofia Pintzou
For example, a productive day. Solo II
Finding the way from A to B and vice versa
Her officially first choreographic work For example, a productive day. Solo II was presented in the 3rd Arc for Dance Festival 2011 in Athens, Greece. This work is the continuation of the solo performance For example, a productive day. Solo I which was created during the coaching project ‘Do yourself a favor’ with Ivo Dimchev in Impult Tanz Vienna 2010.