This is not a décor

RELIQUIEM is a monumental installation
for the movement archive Motus Mori
A common space for individual experience
merged in the public space, a safe space to surrender

RELIQUIEM is a ritualistic space
for intimacy and vulnerability
for receiving other people’s movements in your body
Immersive but not isolating
Protecting but not hiding
Fully closed with many openings
Safe like a womb that you can leave whenever you want

“Motus Mori: RELIQUIEM is a movement-opera for public spaces: an intimate ritual that invites participants to experience, directly through their own body, the ‘movement relics’ donated by other people.”

Katja Heitmann / St. This is not a show

Credits

Choreography, Libretto & Concept: Katja Heitmann
Music, Libretto & Production: Sander van der Schaaf
Scenography: Taciser Sevinc

SPRING Performing Arts Festival Utrecht
CaDance Festival, Korzo Den Haag

2023 Programme

19 – 21 May – SPRING Performing Arts Festival (Dutch premiere) – Utrecht (NL)
27 – 29 May – CaDance Festival / Korzo – Den Haag (NL)
08 – 13 August – Theaterfestival Boulevard – Den Bosch (NL)
23 – 27 August – MU – Eindhoven (NL)
30 September – 03 October – tanzhaus nrw (German premiere) – Düsseldorf (DE)
05 – 08 October – Theater de Nieuwe Vorst | Museum De Pont – Tilburg (NL)