KATHARSIS
STEFFI MENNEN
MULTIDISCIPLINARY + PERFORMANCE + PROCESS BASED
2023
A process-based performance exploring time and its impact on identity, created in collaboration with a group of elderly participants. Through movement, dance, and other art forms, the work investigates how one might let go and reflect through the body. Inspired by the idea that our bodies hold our life stories, it invites awareness of how experiences, memories, and trauma are physically carried. The process includes painting, photography, writing, and dialogue, forming a shared, living archive of personal and collective memory. The result is a celebration of the body, of time’s passage, and of being fully oneself.


CREDITS
directed by
created with and performed by
light and set design
advise by
dramaturgy
documentation
production
in association with
residencies
thanks to
Steffi Mennen
Nadine Baeten + Monique Bellens + Ann Decaestecker + Ann Desmet + Greta Devos + Linze Maghe
Lars Uten
Tijen Lawton
Pieter Desmet
Jonathan De Maeyer
Persona
NTGent publiekswerking
Viernulvier + NTGent + Academie de Kunstbrug
Maarten Heirman + Academie de Kunstbrug: Michael De Weert + Vier het Leven
DATES
27 June 2022 - workshop
8 July 2022 - workshop
14 July 2022 - workshop
15 July - workshop
29 July 2022 - workshop
26 August 2022 - workshop
29 April 2023 - performance
11 June 2023 - workshop
LDC De Thuishaven
LDC De Vlasschaard
LDC De Boei
LDC Speltincx
LDC Speltincx
LDC De Boei
NTGent Minnemeers
Danspunt
Gent, BE
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