Where The Water Holes Are

Where The Water Holes Are is a dance-theatre duet exploring storytelling as a ritual of memory, community, and a “return to the human.” At the core of the performance lies a dialogue between the moving body, the body-as-object, and the body-as-sound. Formless materials and moving objects are animated by the performers, entering into an ongoing relationship with the living body and revealing human vulnerability.

The work draws inspiration from Anne Bogart’s reference to the nomadic poet of the Senegalese desert — the one who remembers where the water holes are and guides the tribe toward survival, both literal and metaphorical. Just as nature remembers through cycles and rhythms, human beings define themselves through stories and traditions. During this performance, and with the intersection of dance, theatre, and puppetry, body and object continuously shift between the roles of narrator, witness, and protagonist, jointly exploring the human condition within contemporary Western society.

*The text recited by actor Giacomo Dominici emerged from a creative process (Dada poems). Excerpts from the following texts heard in Greek and Italian: “The Window” by Yannis Ritsos [from the book “Fourth Dimension”, published by Kedros], “Theories of Performance” by Jay Besemer and “WJD: A Phenomenology” by Khashayar Mohammadi WJD [Gordon Hill Press & The Porcupine’s Quill].