Side Step Festival 2023 | Cullberg, Jefta van Dinther: On Earth I'm Done: Mountains

Mountains is the first part of the archaic-futuristic diptych On Earth I’m Done by Jefta van Dinther for the Swedish dance company Cullberg. In Mountains, Van Dinther tackles the question of how to be and stay in love with our ever-changing world. As human beings, we are perpetually haunted by our own implication in the nature-culture bind. Our unease is addressed downwards and upwards at the same time: to the unearthing of the ground as well as to the shrinking of the limitless sky. In Mountains, Van Dinther tackles the question of how to be and stay in love with our ever-changing world. Through an expulsion of words, both familiar and foreign, the performer on stage acts as a conduit, lamenting on behalf of others. Their being unravels in the nexus between the physical, biological and anthropological – between gravitational forces, instinct and desire. Choreography: Jefta van Dinther Performed by: Marco da Silva Ferreira (guest dancer) Created with: Suelem de Oliveira da Silva Sound design: David Kiers Set design: Numen/For Use Lighting design: Jonatan Winbo Production: Cullberg Co-produced by: PACT Zollverein Essen, Freiburg Theater and Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts