RENAN MARTINS
Diamonds (2024)
“Love is an action, never simply a feeling.” (bell hooks) — Connections – between humans, places, bodies, and communities – are topics that repeatedly concern Brazilian choreographer Renan Martins. And it would not be different for his first collaboration with Unusual Symptoms, the resident dance company of Theater Bremen, DE.
Sensual and critical, influenced by his personal experiences as a queer Person of Colour in Europe, Renan Martins joins contemporary dance and musical references with political reflexion. After having dealt with club culture as a collective practice in his most recent ensemble pieces, his gaze now falls upon the personal aspect. Inspired by bell hooks’ book All About Love: New Visions, Renan Martins deals with our rapport toward relationships and intimacy. His new work is a dance from separation to connection, about a society that constantly enhances individualism. Yet if we are neurologically hardwired into having to join with others, how long can we endure being devoid of relationships, without belonging, without communion?
Choreography
Renan Martins
Music
Zen Dem
Made with and Performed by
Waithera Lena Schreyeck
Zen Dem
Costumes
Sofie Durnez
Dramaturgy
Gregor Runge
Choreographic Assistant
Andy Zondag
Unusual Symptoms
Artistic Direction
Alexandra Morales
Gregor Runge
Assistant to Artistic Direction
Anna Kellert
Premiere
18.04.2024 - Theater Bremen, Bremen, DE
