How to Host the Ghost or H.T.M.S.W.P - a solo dance performed by many - investigates the
relation between the past and the future - finding in the ghost the figure of questioning: Is
Is this a figure to cover the past, or is it an opportunity to reflect upon the future?
Weren't they all spirits - how did they turn into ghosts? Did Whiteness invent it as some sort of strategy to hide a hideous past or/as a way to silence the future!?
Searching for dynamics between portals and passages, invitations to stay or leave - nuances
between hospitality or hostility - exorcism or possession.
Should some bodies embody it or let them find their way out? The movements between shadows and lights - the intangible sensitivity - the shape-shifting. - Shall I make a performance or open a seance? Ritualizing the performance or performing the ritual? Can one invite the ghosts to speak - What would they say?
research at
Impulstanz - Vienna 2024
Atlas Program
mentorship
Angelique Willkie
