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THE WEIGHT OF TENDING
PATSCHA­RAPORN DISTAKUL

A performer moves close to the floor on a reflective studio surface. Warm sunlight enters through a window, casting geometric shadows across the wall and floor. The image highlights the relationship between body, space, and light.
A performer balances on one leg in a studio. One arm extends upward while the other is positioned in front of the body. The clear body shape stands out against a dark wall and the bright surrounding space.
A performer moves close to the floor on a reflective studio surface. Warm sunlight enters through a window, casting geometric shadows across the wall and floor. The image highlights the relationship between body, space, and light.
A performer balances on one leg in a studio. One arm extends upward while the other is positioned in front of the body. The clear body shape stands out against a dark wall and the bright surrounding space.

Frankfurt Lab – Halle 2

So. 1.11. | 20:00 Uhr, Premiere Mo. 2.11. | 18:30 Uhr Di. 3.11. | 20:00 Uhr, followed by Meet the Artists

Duration: approx. 50 Minutes
Language: English, Thai

Tickets: 17 € / 8 €

Synopsis

What memories does a body carry within itself? In The Weight of Tending, the choreographer and performer Patscharaporn Distakul traces her own family history in an exploration of belonging and identity.

Here she interweaves the memories of her grandfather, who is almost 100 years old and whose recall is fading, with her own experiences to form an auto-fictional choreography that uses dance, the voice and music.

The past and present meet in the question of how heritage, migration and cultural inheritance become inscribed in movement. Together with the musician Max Masahiro Levy Distakul draws on everyday rituals, dances and gestures that left their mark on her as she was growing up between Thailand, Italy and Germany. How are traditions passed on across generations, how do they change and take on new meanings? Here the choreographer also studies Western terms and projections onto Thai society as well as stereotyped concepts of identity and femininity. The Weight of Tending tells of what people preserve, carry on and reinvent.

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Credits

Concept & Performance: Patscharaporn Distakul
Music & Performance: Max Masahiro LevyDance
Dramaturgy (Research Phase): Katelyn Skelley
Rehearsal Director, Co-Dramaturgy: Katja Cheraneva
Co-Dramaturgy: Mareike Uhl
Vocal Coach: Johanna Milz
Production, Artistic Assistent: Julia Alsdorf
Outside Eyes: Wen Hui, Fabrice Mazliah
Light & Stage: Matthias Rieker
Production: take the money and run GbR

THE WEIGHT OF TENDING is a co-production of Künstlerhaus Mousonturm.

Photos: Tatsuki Takada