Sunkiss
A four-hour performance exploring slowness as a response to an accelerating world. Without a fixed script, the performers move in slow motion, fully immersed in the present. Choreography unfolds organically—its full form revealed only to those who endure.
A four-hour performance exploring slowness as a response to an accelerating world. Without a fixed script, the performers move in slow motion, fully immersed in the present. Choreography unfolds organically—its full form revealed only to those who endure.
2021
Duration
4 hours
Performers
Ratri Notosudirdjo
Negiste Yesside Johnson
Emirhakin
Mylan Hoezen
Stage design
Arthur Jules, Mylan Hoezen (After Midnight)
Sound design
Bergur Anderson
Light coordination
Jeisson Drenth
Documentation
Nicola Baratto
Audio recording
Reinier Klok (Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee)
Graphic design
Emirhakin
Text
Lijuan Klassen
Location
de Appel, Amsterdam
Support
Mondriaan Fonds
Links
Bandcamp
Inhale and exhale deeply three times
Rest the chin and close the eyes
Switching to other resters is encouraged
The chin resters can be moved and embraced by the practitioner
Release the voice while resting the chin
Fully immerse into the moment and let go of the day
Inhale and exhale deeply three times
Start vocalizing and proceed moving
Kneel down in front of a plate of glass and gaze frontward
Decide when to start movements in the space while carrying the glass
Carrying the glass can go with: lifting the glass up and down, laying the glass on the body, blowing hot air towards the glass, rubbing the face and body against the glass
These actions can be executed together with other practitioners
Use the voice for energy release and find harmony together
Inhale and exhale deeply three times
Hold a water container and let it rest in both hands while vocalizing
Carry several water containers and find a balance while moving them
Resting areas can be created by grouping water containers together
Two or more practitioners can move together with containers resting in between their bodies
The practitioners may choose to close their eyes while lying or when walking
Communicate by using the voice, eyes, and touch
Inhale and exhale deeply three times Come together and stand in a line with eyes closed and breathe together
Start walking through the space and execute the following operations:
- Extender
- Transformer
- Traffic
- Ether
- Hold breath
- Humming
- Waver
- Headrub
- Sink slow
The pace of the movements still maintain the integrity of the slowness created in other operations. Keep on vocalising during the actions.