The Piece
to to speak out by a mish-mash of language and slang
Two figures deliver the text Att att dröngrajma with their arms and legs, throat and tongue, in Swedish and Turkish, or Polish, German, Finnish or Swahili – sitting, standing, swaying, crawling, dripping slowly and in a rush, amongst the audience, at a picnic, in a corner, in a hangar, never there, yet always at close range. All the while Johan Jönson deals with heavy subjects such as working-class bio-politics, deceptive mother tongues and the patriarchal law.
The Piece takes place in a reading lounge that is a book-empty bookstore and a filled stage where visitors may hang about and listen and look at, or themselves make up some stories and dances. The intention is to stage a relaxed event with serious undertones, where hardcore topics are mediated by a couple of morally lax moves, for the most incomprehensible but definitely outspoken – for audiences to speak along with or restrain from.
choreography & space Cristina Caprioli
performers Marcus Doverud, Emelie Johansson
text Johan Jönson
music Pixel
premiered Spring 2013 in Katrineholm, performed in Stockholm at Dansens Hus, in Helsinki at the Blue festival and at PAF in France