Over 6 weeks, Victoria guided participants through creation and rehearsals while seeking new partnerships with material and clothing and questioning consumer culture. We mapped relations between our bodies, fabric, and garments through somatic exercises, sewing tasks, contemporary improvisation, and dance composition tools.

Through co-creation methods with participants, Victoria shaped a performance which invites people to cherish textiles and the fabric of our own skin, muscle and bones and to imagine material cultures that care for people as well as objects.

Performed — February 17, 2025 in Uferstudios, Berlin

Concept & Choreography — Victoria McConnell in collaboration with the participants

Participants — Svenja Kalz, Olivia Kossobucki, Anya Jasbar, Franziska Brill, Anna Maganakova, Lilith Tiefenbacher, Maja Bechert, Hye Young Sin, Svenja Mangold, Raoul Rochus, Adrian Porikys, Anne Merfort, Marta Porro, Reem Alfahad, Koray G, Farah Boukhoms, Arturo Anaya, Ian Papez

Music — Anya Jasbar, Hye Young Sin, Yosi Horikawa

Photos — Nikos Fragkou

Made possible by Tanzfabrik Berlin