ANATOMY OF LONGING | ANATOMY OF EMBARRASSMENT ON OCTOBER 24, 2021 IN THE SALZSIEDEHAUS AT BENTLAGE MONASTERY
DANCE PERFORMANCE BY MARIE STEINER & ALEXANDRA RAUH
In choreographed images between dance and performance, performers Lena Schattenberg and Charlotte Petersen from Münster's MNEME kollektiv present a Münsterland-Austrian production at the Münsterland Festival with "Anatomie der Sehnsucht" I "Anatomie der Peinlichkeit" by Marie Steiner (Vienna) and Alexandra Rauh: the audience can expect a double evening that focuses on emotions and gets to the bottom of their nature.
"Anatomy of Desire" shows basic human instincts and embodies the feeling of desire as a kind of observable being of longing in an abstract and visual choreography. The bodies of the two dancers are closely connected and make the inner body of longing recognizable from the outside. The piece is accompanied live by the Iranian-Austrian composer and clarinettist Mona Mathbou Riahi, who creates an atmospheric sound space that animates and interacts with the being of longing.
In contrast, "Anatomy of Embarrassment" deals with everyday changes and disruptions in social interactions. The episode is dedicated to the limits of shame and shamelessness and offers the audience a multi-layered associative surface of deconstructed embarrassment via body, language, video and sound.
The piece is a co-production with the Tafelhalle Nürnberg.
Supported by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK Guest Performance Fund for Dance, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Ministries of Culture and the Arts of the federal states.
VENUE: BENTLAGE MONASTERY IN RHEINE
Artists and guests of Bentlage Monastery in Rheine find relaxation and concentration in equal measure when they take in the tranquillity of the Bentlage recreation area. Founded in the 15th century, the monastery offers exhibitions with a focus on prints, displays documents and art treasures from the monastery's history in its own museum and modern art from the holdings of the LWL Museum of Art and Culture in the Westphalian Gallery. If you want to experience the special atmosphere and closeness to nature of this place up close, you can stay overnight in the guest rooms of the baroque gatehouses.
