concept and choreography by Giuseppe Vincent Giampino

performance by Giuseppe Vincent Giampino
vocal coach Juliana Azevedo
sound dimension Lady Maru
outfit design Rebecca Ihle
production TIR Danza
duration: 15 minutes

Umlaut unravels the knots that hold together the parts of a body and its idea to expose the storm that agitates it. Considering each body, object or physical space as a container of a given specific period of time, a geological stratification of living beings “in relation to” (dance), the author attempts to bring out, through performative places, the attributes and attributions that arise from the interrelation of the elements considered: a mobile field of coexistence. To do this, the process uses voice and sound as the preferred binary to bring out relationship dynamics in which the body becomes a membrane connecting the inside (voice) with the outside (moving field). This body-membrane is a kettledrum with the ability to vibrate not only in response to the outside but also by carrying vibrations from the inside to the outside, becoming an additional surface of simultaneity. In order to broaden the field of possibilities for interaction and knowledge, the author aims to study the body and its possibilities through the physical discipline of circus performers, convinced that this body practice can foster modes of perception and possibilities of the body in space as well as nurturing different choreographic possibilities.