Vertical Blue - Body of Art/Annemijn Rijk (première)

Body of Art/Annemijn Rijk presents Vertical Blue, an immersive performance; a horizonless, blue world where you freedive alongside dancers, light, music, and a slowly changing environment.

In a world where the overactive, modern human urge to constrain imposes the illusion of control, life can sometimes take dangerous turns. Waves come and go. Grief, happiness, the aftermath of a broken heart, a missed opportunity, a new child. Life is overwhelming. The tendency to control both the world around us and our inner world, in an attempt to cope with overwhelming feelings and experiences, makes us unruly. The big clash, with our environment, others, and ourselves, seems inevitable.

In Vertical Blue, the wave shifts, we are engulfed, and we allow ourselves to be carried away by the undercurrent. We fall deep into the ocean, our breath held, but our bodies soft. Sounds vibrate palpably, performers sweat their way into the depths, the environment transforms into an elusive perspective. The world speaks, the senses listen.