Klei

Welcome to 'Klei', where Schweigman& performers literally surrender to the earth. Visual artist Zoro Feigl created a landscape of clay that splashes, sticks and falls apart. Feigl built a clay landscape that moves, takes shape and disintegrates again. Five performers step into it as if setting foot on an unknown planet. They sink into the mud, climb back out, let themselves be buried and resurface. At times the clay seems to embrace them; at others, they disappear into it entirely. You see how heavy it is, how slippery and how unpredictable. You see the weight, the struggle and the surrender.

As the performers move through the clay, HIIIT plays the ceramic instruments created by sound artist Gemma Luz Bosch. For years she listened to the sound of clay, discovering which vibrations and textures it holds. Several of the instruments she built for this purpose can now be heard in 'Klei'.

"This time calls for coming together, for listening to what wants to be heard and felt from the deeper layers of our existence. How do we learn again to listen to the signals of our body and of the earth?" — Boukje Schweigman

Schweigman& believes in the power of experiencing without judgement. The company's productions are not stories you follow, but worlds you enter. For 'Klei', they sought collaboration with makers who think in the same way: Zoro Feigl, known for sculptures that come to life, and HIIIT, who push boundaries in rhythm and sound.