Mossbelly (2023)

Choreography by Angela Vitovec

Creation and performance: Suvi Kemppainen, Kate Nankervis, Ann Trépanier

Performance: Andrea Maria David, Eileen Szabo, Maria Wollny, Angela Haardt

In co-creation with: Moss

Set design: David Herman

Outside eye: Shelley Etkin

Production: Sofia Fantuzzi

What does moss look like when it dances? Where can bodies take place if not in our human flesh and bones? And on what plane is the bodily happening? At the centre of the immersive dance piece “Mossbelly” is plant trituration. This practice allows one to enter into a shared space of resonance and dialogue with a particular plant by triturating it for several hours. Having emerged from Angela Schubot’s deep engagement with moss over the course of several years, “Mossbelly” creates a language of movement that is entirely given, inspired and infused by moss.

Presentations:

HAU - Berlin, May 24- 29, 2023.

ImpulsTanz - Vienna’s International Dance Festival, July 10-12, 2023.

Open Studio - Fall 2023:

The Music Gallery - Toronto, October 8 & 15, 2023.

Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island, October 28, 2023.

Photo by Yokoone