dragonfly
dragonfly is hacking routines, warping protocols, and whispering quiet temptations of misbehaviour towards you. The everyday becomes the stage for a rehearsal of flexible yet uncompromising tactics that might serve to confront dominant structures of discipline. Through a live negotiation of the relationship between body, objects, sound, and audience, Jakob Wittkowsky explores possible strategic attitudes that oscillate between defiance, hesitation, lament, and mischief. In an attempt to recode movement and meaning, questions about desire, recklessness, and responsibility arise. A chaotic yet precise dance along the edges of the rational.
is a performer and live artist. With a background in circus and classical music, he first worked as a social worker and in trade fair construction before coming to the theatre, initially working as an assistant director. He is currently completing his choreography studies at the School for New Dance Development (SNDO) in Amsterdam and working as a personal care assistant. Through his work with objects, performance, music, dance, text, and improvisation, Wittkowsky raises questions about the role of fiction and poetics when reflecting on forms of social relations and expanding political imagination.
Credits
Choreography, performance, music, stage Jakob Wittkowsky Dramaturgy, costume support Friederike Kötter Artistic advice, Outside eyes Toni Steffens, Raoni / Muzho Saleh Production SNDO – School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam