How close can we get to one another? Meg Stuart has been dealing with this question now for over two decades. “UNTIL OUR HEARTS STOP“ is also focused on the search for intimacy, that fleeting form of togetherness that provides such a thrill while it lasts. Six performers constitute a temporary collective that cooperates in a challenging and playful way, constructing their own, fantastic set of rules; indulging in yoga exercises or acrobatics, performing magic tricks and rituals, staging battles and experimenting
with skin-on-skin contact beyond the usual inhibitions. It is not so much the themes or the sequence of absurd, tender, aggressive or ecstatic scenes which unites “UNTIL OUR HEARTS STOP“ as a performance: it is more the rhythm – the ebb and flow, acceleration and stasis – that creates a collective space of desire and illusion. The space is initiated and amplified by the vortex-like, unbridled sound of the music trio Samuel Halscheidt (bass), Marc Lohr (drums) and Stefan Rusconi (piano/trumpet). “UNTIL OUR
HEARTS STOP“ is a performative experimental set-up in which the experience of physical limits can explode mental barriers: naked, two people are separated by theirskin, but through play, they become one experimenting, sensuous organism.
The performance is dedicated to Paul Lemp, friend and musician of Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods.
Production Damaged Goods & Münchner Kammerspiele
Coproduction PACT Zollverein, Ruhrtriennale – Festival der Künste
Special thanks to Klara Luhmen, Peter Pleyer, Dasniya Sommer, Tami Tamaki, Aurore Werniers and Uferstudios (Berlin)
Meg Stuart & Damaged Goods are supported by the Government of Flanders and the Flemish Community Commission.
Duration 120 minutes
