An international double bill presented as part of Tipperary Dance International Festival.

VIS MOTRIX [Moving Force] by Cocoon Dance is the second part of a trilogy on the “unthought body”, exploring transhuman energies and impulses. In VIS MOTRIX, bodies move through space merging into human-machine hybrids. These other-worldly, fascinating organisms haunt us with a hypnotic power that one cannot escape. What is the driving force, the soul (Vis Motrix) behind the movements of these beings? With this production, CocoonDance continues its research of the “unthought” body: transhumanism as a traumatic round dance that does not leave our unconsciousness untouched.

Atlas da Boca [Atlas of the Mouth] by Gaya de Medeiros examines the experience of two trans people by exploring the mouth as a place of intersection between the public and the private, between silence and the lasting word, between the sensual and the political. Dissecting the interplay between word and gesture, Gaya de Medeiros delves into the moments in which the mouth hardens to let the words come out roaring.

Warnings: Atlas da Boca contains nudity and sexual references in the text
Age: 18+
Running time: 90 minutes

Atlas da Boca is presented in partnership with Dance Limerick, in the framework of Aerowaves, co-funded by the European Union.