![]() 'At the height of my neck, the many bending forwards are beginning to take shape', notes Van den Broeck in the run-up to their dance performance called microcosm. For writers, professionally focused on the agility of their minds, the body is often no more than a vehicle that keeps the head, fingers and laptop connected for as long as possible. And performing as a dancer was the scariest thing they could think of. They wanted to do something to overcome their shame. I wanted to excel in failure', writes Arnon Grunberg about the plan that he and the Flemish poet Charlotte Van den Broeck came up with in their public correspondence. A quest to transcend yourself in the light of a boundless universe. Our bodies are a symbiotic whole, one cannot exist without the other. What happens there in those perfect bodies? Inside, thousands of processes, millions of cells, microbes and bacteria go about their business while outside, the body folds flawlessly into an arabesque. Words and judgments slowly make way for the uncertain healing powers of the material, the corporeal and the sensual.Īrnon and Charlotte are helped in this process by two dancers as auric bodies, guardian angels and challengers, as paragons of balance who confidently wallow in the field of vision of the outside world. Dance step by dance step they step out of the overheated head, and into the microcosm of the body. ![]() Through monologues intérieurs, the writers engage in conversation with their own physical discomfort. ![]() But isn't this opposition between body and mind an ancient misconception? Our consciousness has become alienated from the deep wisdom of the body. From a nerve-racking dance debut to a liberating conversation between head and body.Įver since Eve tasted the forbidden fruit in paradise, our consciousness has been inextricably linked to shame for our bodies. Visual choreographer Nicole Beutler takes the pair on a journey of discovery through the body. Reason enough for the long-time pen pals to step out of their comfort zone and create a dance performance together. Flemish poet Charlotte Van den Broeck and Dutch author Arnon Grunberg quickly agreed: dancing is the most embarrassing thing there is. Two well-known writers confront their shame.
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