Third Skin
Resumption by Ana Lessing Menjibar
In the frame of :Love: Tickets
TRAILER
„She is the daughter of two creatures that fought against silence. Against the silence that keeps the feelings inside like intestines. Against the silence that mutes the dead. But the womb is still fertile from which that silence crawled…“
The performance “Third Skin” (premiered in 2023) by German-Spanish choreographer and artist Ana Lessing Menjibar, which will be shown at Radialsystem at the beginning of March, is a poetic reaction to the uncovering of her family history. It deals with the experiences of war and fascism, collective as well as individual wounds, and three generations of political resistance. In response to this exploration, the artist and her team devise the fiction of a chimaera in constant transformative movement between resistance and porousness.
In “Third Skin”, Ana Lessing Menjibar works with the (embodied) knowledge inherent in Flamenco, which understands the sharing of emotions as an empowerment of the body and a source of dialogue. In her specific, transdisciplinary style, she recombines these aspects with elements of visual art, contemporary dance and electronic music, resulting in the concept of an energetic cosmos made of bodies, sound, rhythm, language and sculptural objects in which the skin as a porous surface becomes a marker of time.
“Third Skin” will be presented at Radialsystem as part of the :LOVE: cooperation between Tanzfabrik Berlin and Radialsystem. With the Radialsystem ♥ Tanzfabrik initiative, the two institutions have joined forces to specifically improve the presentation conditions for dance professionals in Berlin.
Accessibility / Content notes / Sensory Triggers
Little English, German and Spanish is spoken. The performance is understandable even without knowledge of these languages.
There are abrupt changes of light between bright and dark and surprising and loud sounds.
Radialsystem ♥ Tanzfabrik
Tanzfabrik ♥ Radialsystem
Tanzfabrik Berlin and Radialsystem have presented artists to a broad audience on the stages of Radialsystem since spring 2019. The collaboration aims to improve the labor and presentation conditions of dance professionals in Berlin beyond their individual institutional contexts. In addition to the visibility of this joint platform, an important moment of nexus between local and international artists and scenes is achieved. Both institutions provide equal support to the artists in the forms of co-production resources, rehearsal spaces and public relations work.
„She is the daughter of two creatures that fought against silence. Against the silence that keeps the feelings inside like intestines. Against the silence that mutes the dead. But the womb is still fertile from which that silence crawled…“
The performance “Third Skin” (premiered in 2023) by German-Spanish choreographer and artist Ana Lessing Menjibar, which will be shown at Radialsystem at the beginning of March, is a poetic reaction to the uncovering of her family history. It deals with the experiences of war and fascism, collective as well as individual wounds, and three generations of political resistance. In response to this exploration, the artist and her team devise the fiction of a chimaera in constant transformative movement between resistance and porousness.
In “Third Skin”, Ana Lessing Menjibar works with the (embodied) knowledge inherent in Flamenco, which understands the sharing of emotions as an empowerment of the body and a source of dialogue. In her specific, transdisciplinary style, she recombines these aspects with elements of visual art, contemporary dance and electronic music, resulting in the concept of an energetic cosmos made of bodies, sound, rhythm, language and sculptural objects in which the skin as a porous surface becomes a marker of time.
“Third Skin” will be presented at Radialsystem as part of the :LOVE: cooperation between Tanzfabrik Berlin and Radialsystem. With the Radialsystem ♥ Tanzfabrik initiative, the two institutions have joined forces to specifically improve the presentation conditions for dance professionals in Berlin.
Accessibility / Content notes / Sensory Triggers
Little English, German and Spanish is spoken. The performance is understandable even without knowledge of these languages.
There are abrupt changes of light between bright and dark and surprising and loud sounds.
Radialsystem ♥ Tanzfabrik
Tanzfabrik ♥ Radialsystem
Tanzfabrik Berlin and Radialsystem have presented artists to a broad audience on the stages of Radialsystem since spring 2019. The collaboration aims to improve the labor and presentation conditions of dance professionals in Berlin beyond their individual institutional contexts. In addition to the visibility of this joint platform, an important moment of nexus between local and international artists and scenes is achieved. Both institutions provide equal support to the artists in the forms of co-production resources, rehearsal spaces and public relations work.
Ana Lessing Menjibar
Ana Lessing Menjibar (she/her) is a German-Spanish performer, dancer, choreographer and multidisciplinary artist from Berlin. Her interdisciplinary work combines body with sound, multimedia and sculptural elements as an extended choreographic practice and experiments with the transformative potential of flamenco in the context of performance and contemporary dance. Ana Lessing Menjibar studied Visual Communication at the UdK-Berlin and the Performance Research Master SODA at the HZT-Berlin.
Artistic direction, choreography, performance, text and stage: Ana Lessing Menjibar
Dramaturgy, research and text: Isabel Gatzke
Composition: Ana Lessing Menjibar, Philipp Kullen, Nikola Pieper
Drums, Synths and Sounddesign: Philipp Kullen, Nikola Pieper
Costume: Gesine Försterling, Mantón sculptures, Ana Rajcevic
Lighting design: Elliott Cennetoglu, Joseph Wegmann
Technical management: Elliott Cennetoglu
Outside Eye: Alberto Cortés, Lina Gómez
Voice coaching: Juan Cárdenas
Production management: Saskia Schoenmaker
Artistic production: Sofie Luckhardt
“Third Skin” is a production by Ana Lessing Menjibar in co-production with tanzhaus nrw, funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds. Supported by the Goethe-Institut Madrid and produced with the financial support of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union. The previous research project “GROWING Third Skin” was supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR. The resumption of 'Third Skin' is made possible by funding from the Capital Cultural Fund and the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.
Media partnerships: The Berliner, Rausgegangen, taz - die tageszeitung, tip Berlin.
Dramaturgy, research and text: Isabel Gatzke
Composition: Ana Lessing Menjibar, Philipp Kullen, Nikola Pieper
Drums, Synths and Sounddesign: Philipp Kullen, Nikola Pieper
Costume: Gesine Försterling, Mantón sculptures, Ana Rajcevic
Lighting design: Elliott Cennetoglu, Joseph Wegmann
Technical management: Elliott Cennetoglu
Outside Eye: Alberto Cortés, Lina Gómez
Voice coaching: Juan Cárdenas
Production management: Saskia Schoenmaker
Artistic production: Sofie Luckhardt
“Third Skin” is a production by Ana Lessing Menjibar in co-production with tanzhaus nrw, funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds. Supported by the Goethe-Institut Madrid and produced with the financial support of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union. The previous research project “GROWING Third Skin” was supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR. The resumption of 'Third Skin' is made possible by funding from the Capital Cultural Fund and the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.
Media partnerships: The Berliner, Rausgegangen, taz - die tageszeitung, tip Berlin.
