bára sigfúsdóttir

b e i n g
a visual movement performance by Bára Sigfúsdóttir
created with and performed by Masoumeh Jalalieh and Alireza Mirmohammadi

About b e i n g:

Every human being has a body. With this body we address the world and each other. It is the most primary thing which we share with one another. In being the body is the common ground to explore and to put in dialogue the West-European with the Iranian culture and society. Used as a poetic generator of subtext, the moving bodies express different layers of sensations and experiences. The meeting between bodies, between the two people on stage but also between them and the audience, serves as a sober gesture. A place to explore what we share rather than to underline our differences. 

Rooted in an ongoing curiosity towards movement in different contexts than her own, Icelandic choreographer and dancer Bára Sigfúsdóttir travelled in 2014 to Tehran (Iran) where she took part in the UNTIMELY Festival. While teaching a workshop, she got intrigued by the skills and presence of two local artists, Masoumeh Jalalieh and Alireza Mirmohammadi. This experience planted the seed for an ongoing artistic affinity and exchange between the three of them, resulting in being.

Premiere: CAMPO (in co-presentation with Kunstencentrum Vooruit) on 26 + 27 of October 2017
Length: about 60 minutes

Credits:
PREMIERE: 26 October 2017, CAMPO (co-presentation with Vooruit Arts Centre) Ghent (BE)
LENGTH: about 60 minutes
CHOREOGRAPHY: Bára Sigfúsdóttir
CREATED WITH/PERFORMED BY: Masoumeh Jalalieh and SeyedAlireza Mirmohammadi
MUSIC: Eivind Lønning
COSTUME: Andrea Kraenzlin
DRAMATURGY: Sara Vanderieck
LIGHTING DESIGN: Jan Fedinger
TECHNICAL SUPERVISION: Marie Vandecasteele and/or Bardia Mohammad
INTERNATIONAL DIFFUSION: A Propic / Line Rousseau and Marion Gauvent
PRODUCTION: GRIP
CO-PRODUCTION: Vooruit Arts Centre / DNA - Departures and Arrivals, DansBrabant, DANCE ON PASS ON DREAM ON, workspacebrussels / Life Long Burning, Moussem Nomadic Arts Centre, de Grote Post and C-TAKT
WITH THE SUPPORT OF: fabrik Potsdam, Platform 0090, Grand Theatre and CAMPO
WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF: the Government of Flanders, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and the city of Antwerp
THANKS TO: Andrean Sigurgeirsson

// Find out more about the creation process on the being blog //