Piece#Peace is research that goes in search of new peace rituals. How can dance transform our present time into peace?

People should be encouraged to discover their own thoughts and feelings in dance and thus to find a peaceful coexistence, because dance has the power to bring us from thinking to feeling. Now is the time to develop new rituals that embody peace and to take those rituals out into the open.

2022 seems to be a turning point in several respects. The war in Ukraine and the effects it has on the world give food for thought. The famous metaphor of the butterfly flapping its wings and generating repercussions on the other side of the world is proving to be more relevant than ever. So what to do in the face of impending upheaval?

Dance as a catalyst to unleash feelings within us can help provide emotional support to a society that has experienced so much fear and panic over the last two years and is now facing other bitter challenges.

In Wim Wenders' film “Wings of Desire”, an actor asks himself the question “Why isn't peace permanent?” This sentence is the engine of my research and inspired my project.

Isn't it our own thoughts and feelings that play a major role in our view of life? As human beings, have we lost access to our body, into the body – and ultimately to experiencing something through the body?

I am convinced that dance can create deep access to one's own feelings, transform emotions and have a strengthening effect in a shared experience. The ritual I want to develop is a combination of emotions that acts as a body-mind mechanism – and can be fun.

Funding

Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media (BKM) in the programme NEUSTART KULTUR, aid programme DIS-TANZEN of the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.

Gefördert durch die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM) im Programm NEUSTART KULTUR, Hilfsprogramm DIS-TANZEN des Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.