An expressionless face, with no features other than the eyes. A grotto-like cellar. And we become lab assistants.
The axolotl is a gilled larval form of a species of the genus Ambystoma and a god-being from Aztec mythology. Its existence tells of eternal survival and a refusal to grow up.
We organize a happening in a kind of aquarium. We examine and dissect the axolotl, the human-like limbs, the pink gill branches, the lidless eyes. We watch it incessantly. We try to unravel its slowed movements underwater, longing for the promise of rebellion hidden behind the refusal and stopping of time: Now, I am an axolotl!
TEAM
Concept, Choreografie: Yolanda Morales
Dance: Sara Ezzell
Performers: Carolina Burandt, Yolanda Morales, Christopher Ramm, Pauline Schönfelder
Dramaturgy: Pauline Schönfelder
Composition, Live Sound: Christopher Ramm
Stage, Projections: Carolina Burandt
Artistic Advise: Barbara Schmidt-Rohr
Light Design: Doria Worden
Supported by: Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen von NEUSTART KULTUR