Second Skin

  • Dance and Performance
  • Collaborative Creation
  • Free admission, with the option to purchase a support ticket
  • Recommended age: All Ages

90 min.

Info

Subject: body body body
Genre: meta-leak
Atmosphere: liminal

As it navigates an endless series of situations that demand its full presence, the body reacts as best it can: it adjusts, freezes, withdraws, and repeats familiar patterns. It resists. A thin, transparent membrane—its very essence—keeps it alive and on edge. Under the pressure to perform, states oscillate between pleasure and insecurity, vulnerability and control. The body protests and learns to adapt with strength and determination. It wants to express itself sincerely and, at the same time, to be accepted. Surrendering to the visceral, it sometimes discovers a fragile balance and unexpected forms of freedom.
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A group of performers explores the imprints that work, exposure, and daily life leave on their own bodies. The tensions between the intimate body, the social body, and the professional body emerge through accumulations of gestures, impulses, and self-reflections. The body’s memory is revisited and reconstructed in real time.

Concept and Direction: Ferenc Sinkó
Dramaturgy and Sound Design: Oana Hodade
Set Design: Mihai Păcurar
Assistant Director: Mihai Gligan
Sound and Lighting: Cătălin Filip and Alex Maftei
Cast: Ana Maria Marin, Calița Nantu, Alexandra Harapu, Cătălin Filip, Tavi Voina
Poster Illustration and Animation: MAT

Co-funded by
The Administration of the National Cultural Fund.
The project does not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The Administration of the National Cultural Fund is not responsible for the content of the project or for how the project’s results may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the grant recipient.