Body Babel………….Cie 13/ Rosa Mei
Body Babel
Words are loaded pistols. Language is both memory and metaphor. In “Body Babelâ€, dance artists from across Europe (Belgium, Lithuania, Turkey, Slovakia, Armenia and Spain) explore the cultural semiotics of body language. How are our gestures, sense of touch and personal space affected by our cultural identity? How does body language act as a sort of cultural memory and define us as individuals? In a performance combining mental and physical virtuosity, two angels, a few Babylonians and faith healers seek out “the dangerous gesture.†Cross cultural psychology in a Tower of Babel.
Director : Rosa Mei (USA/Belguim)
Dance artists:
Kehond Champion Bakomba (Belgium)
Talin Buyukkurkciyan (Armenia)
Tomas Danielis (Slovakia)
Yentl de Werdt (Belgium)
Sebastian Garcia Ferro (Spain)
Asli Ozturk (Turkey)
Lina Puodziukaite (Lithuania)
Sound artist:
jeanfrançois Blanquet (France)
2008 dates:
09 sept : Brussels. CC Jacques Franck – 20h30
11,12 sept : Antwerp. WCC Zuiderpershuis – 20h30
19,20 sept : Istambul. Talimane Tiyatrosu – 20h00
30 sept : Klaipeda (Lithuania). Int’l Dance Festival
3 oct : Kaunus (Lithuania). Int’l Dance Festival