En mann danser på en scene i et svart rom/blackbox. Han er naken eller evt lettkledd. Han sitter i en sammenkrøket posisjon på gulvet. Hodet hans er bøyd ned mot gulvet. Bak seg har han en slags skjerm som reflekterer fargerikt lys. Han holder i skjermen bak seg. A man dances on a stage in a black room/blackbox. He is naked or possibly lightly dressed. He sits in a crouched position on the floor. His head is bent down towards the floor. Behind him he has a kind of screen that reflects colorful light. He is holding the screen behind him.

Everything Brings Us Back to the Body

by Ehsan Hemat

What is life? The eternal question runs through Ehsan Hemat’s Everything Brings Us Back to the Body, where light and shadow move across an unexpected protagonist: a large, polished copper plate.

The plate serves as both an object and a mirror. It reflects the audience in fragments – faces, movements, and distorted body parts flickering across its surface. At the same time, it creates a shift between proximity and distance, recognition and estrangement.

The performance unfolds as a dialogue between the body and the Earth, using movement, sound, and voice to explore both intimacy and resistance. Beneath the striking imagery lies a confrontation with histories of exploitation, ecological degradation, and the systemic denial of a universal right to breathe.

Photo: Teodora Georgieva

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Cast:

Choreography and performance: Ehsan Hemat
Sound design: Roeland Luyten
Dramaturgy: Yasen Vasilev
Scenography: Erki De Vries
Light design: Kurt Lefevre
Voice coach: Selma Banich
Technics: Lucas Van de Voorde
Dramaturgical advice: Hildegard De Vuyst
Production: Julie De Clercq / 2nd to the right

Co-production: Monty, C-TAKT, MC93 (Maison de la culture de Seine-Saint-Denis), DansiT
Developed at: LaGeste
With the support of: The Flemish Community, STUK, nona
International distribution: StepTurnMove