Dance among the Water Lilies • Armin Hokmi, Of the Heart - An etude
7 pm and 8.30 pm, Water Lilies Room
© Armin Hokmi
Following the “revelation” provided by Shiraz (2024), a group piece that summons up residual memories of works included in the Shiraz-Persepolis Arts Festival in the 1970s, Armin Hokmi, a young Iranian choreographer living in Berlin, offers us “an etude” titled Of the Heart – An etude. In search of a “dance that emerges from an impulse” and which “can be imagined as something that comes in response to an environment”, in this case, the choreographer has chosen to make use of the solo form, performed simultaneously by two dancers.
“Conceived for a single dancer, Of the Heart seeks a fleeting encounter between the dancer and the dance. An encounter in which emotions—hesitation and determination—mark the explosive progression of a choreographic composition that engages the body in a state of transformation. The sustained momentum in search of a physical form, a protean inclination toward abandonment. A study of an elusive struggle with music, Of the Heart begins and evolves as a physical act in dissonance.” —Armin Hokmi
Concept and choreography: Armin Hokmi
Performed by: Katherina Jitlatda Horup Solvang
Created with: Aleksandra Petrushevska, Emmi Venna, Daniel Sarr, Charlott Madeleine Utzig and Johanna Ryynänen
Costumes: Cecilio Orozco
Costume research: Moriah Askenaizer
Music: Ehsan & HEICH
Staging: Felipe Osorio Guzmán
Staging techniques : Vìto Walter
Advisors: Dana Michael Luebke and Emmi Venna
Coproduction: Montpellier Dance Festival 2025, tanzhaus nrw
Supported by: NPN Coproduction for Dance
Upcoming dates
- Monday 11 May 7.00pm, 8.30pm Musée de l'Orangerie
- Time slot full rate
- €12
- Tarif jeunes et solidarité
- €5
- Time slot reduced rate
- €8
- Member fare
- €8
