Choreographer Yolanda Morales and her international team imagine a natural scenario on stage and become masters of ceremonies in it. In 2023, they visited a northern German moor and are now celebrating their memories of this unique ecosystem, which is in acute danger of disappearing. Remembered colours, smells, sounds, image details and microforms become “embodiments”, physical, fluid testimonies of the moor. Through shamanistic rituals, electronic sounds, choral voices and songs, the dancers allow the audience to share in their grief for this dying landscape. At the same time, they invoke the enduring, composting powers of the moor and, in their dance, recall the healing powers of transformation of a nature that has not been cultivated, defined and colonised by humans. In her latest work, the Hamburg-based Mexican choreographer Yolanda Morales once again explores the indigenous roots of her origins and the echoes they create in her native northern Germany. A homeland that is characterised by a Eurocentric view, also of her dance art, in which she, as a choreographer, consistently adopts a de-colonising stance.
After the show on Oct 11: Talk with the artists
