The piece

H H H. Hand, heart, and head. A piece about the unspeakable transmissions that run through their permanent activity. A reflexive game where real and artificial bodies, dislocation and integrity, sensuality and mechanics, dance and visual arts engage. On stage, a mannequin, the symbol of the “norm”, and three dancers question social pressures. They are like the three pillars of the body, looking for harmony and essence. To which rules will they conform their physical beings? To conform or to deform? An imaginary journey that confuses the limits between object and person. INTENTIONS « After you break on through to the other side, you spend your whole life breaking on through to the other side » Patti Smith The piece opens with a paradox : while the voice of the singer Patti Smith resonates as an aspiration to freedom and to the overcoming of borders, two inseparable dancers seem stuck in repetitive, almost robotic gestures. A third dancer enters the stage, more free and more curious about his environment. A world separates them, a consciousness mingles between them and awakens them one by one - such are the stakes of the piece to arrive at a final trio, Hand - Heart - Head, like the three pillars of a living body. In the center, a plastic mannequin materialises the border between movement (free), and stillness (frozen). This contrast carries the stakes of the piece. As physical bodies seem to be shaped by norms and habits more or less strong or violent, what does "freedom of movement" mean today? How does the concrete power of gestures allow us to go beyond the dogmas anchored in each of us? How does "destructuring" the body onstage allow us to reinvent it, to reinvent ourselves? These are the questions that underlie the piece and around which the approach of this choreographic work is articulated. This piece retraces the history of dancers, whose bodies have been formed, perhaps formatted, by various dance techniques and influenced by others, but also of any individual who, as a social subject, integrates norms and habits, more or less strong, constraining, or violent, through his or her body. The quest for freedom of movement is in this respect a collective history, and central to our time when individualism sometimes takes precedence over the inclusive coexistence of individuals. Learn more about the artist

PRESS

“ ... the most interesting experience of this festival [Aura International Dance Festival, Lithuania], HHH was thematically, visually, choreographically and associatively interesting. The brief presentation of the show makes no attempt to verbalise its meaning, explain the reasons for its creation or indicate what the audience should feel or understand when watching it. One can sense the solid internal framework that determines its structure, creating a dynamic show in which what is intended and what is intuitively created are harmoniously combined in paradoxical contrasts. The use (and not just the demonstration) of the high technical quality of dance makes it possible to experience a sense of wonder rarely found in modern culture."

— Helmutas Šabacevičius, 7md (Cultural Publication, Lithuania)