In the organizer's words:

The athleticism of rest is not an absence of strength, but a disciplined pause that requires as much practice as movement. Within the exhibition Self-Portrait as a Pregnant Woman by Teresa Solar Abboud at the Kunstverein Hannover, the US-American dancer and choreographer Jerron Herman explores the qualities of rest in his solo performance LAX. Between control and letting go, calmness itself becomes a dance that resists the pressure to perform and rejectionism.

In the exhibited works, Teresa Solar Abboud explores the endless cycle of life. One of her installations consists of five large red shapes that are reminiscent of canoes and human leg bones at the same time. The title Osteoclast refers to bone cells that break down and renew tissue - a biological cycle of destruction and regeneration. Abboud translates this process sculpturally and as a metaphor for bodies that transform and reshape themselves.

LAX is a "site-responsive choreography" that actively incorporates the objects in the exhibition and the space of the Kunstverein Hannover. The dialog between Herman and Abboud dissolves the sculptural rigidity of the exhibition space and transforms pause into flow, vulnerability into strength.

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Price information:

20€ (reduced 10€)