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Faye Driscoll (United States) - Weathering

With Weathering, choreographer Faye Driscoll presents a breathing sculpture of bodies, sounds and objects. Ten performers - dancers, singers and technicians - move on a floating, soft platform as their voices weave into each other to form a pulsating composition. Grasping, colliding, slithering and merging, they fill a space that seems too small to contain them all. The audience sits directly around them, feeling the heat, seeing the sweat and thus experiencing the physical intensity up close.

The performance is a whirlwind of impressions, centred on surrender and the pure experience of the moment. The performers teeter on the brink, catch each other and offer support, but are also challenged by the unstable stage. In Weathering, the action does not revolve around one star of the evening: the body is celebrated in all its capacities, regardless of shape, gender or background. What begins with subtle, slow movements grows into an explosion of energy.

Driscoll's work playfully, yet with sharp insights plays with the complexity of human interactions and identities. With a mix of movement, text and sound, the choreographer turns social norms upside down and inside out to allow the audience to take a fresh look at dancing performances and theatre.

In Weathering, her signature style reaches a climax to date. This constantly evolving, multi-sensory performance draws the audience into a mesmerising experience. The show premiered at REDCAT in Los Angeles in February 2025, where it was hailed as a ‘sensory rollercoaster ride of a performance’.

The term ‘weathering’ is taken from geology and describes how rocks are broken down by natural influences such as wind, water and temperature. In the performance, the term serves as a powerful physical metaphor for change, survival and connectedness in a world that is increasingly unpredictable.

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