About

The Movement Art International Dance Festival

 

The Movement Art International Dance Festival brings together international contemporary dance artists whose works explore memory, identity, resistance, and human connection. Rooted in the cross-border dialogue between Luxembourg and Trier, the festival creates space for exchange in a world increasingly shaped by division where bodies speak beyond language, borders, and fear. More than a performance festival, Movement Art is a gathering of perspectives, questions, and shared humanity.

 

MOVEMENT ART INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL

 

Venues & Partners of the Movement Art International Dance Festival

• Europahalle, Trier

• Mierscher Theater

• TUFA Theater

• ArcA Theater

• TROIS C-L | Maison pour la Danse

• Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg

 

Sponsors & Supporting Partners

• Ministère de la Culture Luxembourg

• Ministerium für Familie, Frauen, Kultur und Integration, Rheinland-Pfalz

• Ville de Luxembourg

• Amt für Stadtkultur & Denkmalschutz Trier

• Kulturstiftung Sparkasse Trier

• Kulturstiftung Trier

• Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz Stiftung

 

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BOYS IN THE SAND – 60MIN

Czech Republic

Through Boys in the Sand, I explore softness, fragility, and femininity within the male body in today’s world, interweaving echoes of the past, realities of the present, and visions of the future. Boys in the Sand is a trio for men, inspired by the 1971 film of the same name by Wakefield Poole. This film is significant not only as a pioneering work of gay cinema, but also for its unapologetic portrayal of gay intimacy and its explicit content. In creating this piece, I am driven by a personal desire to challenge and perhaps normalize the taboos surrounding intimacy in society. As a queer artist, I find it crucial to engage with and question the narratives that have historically censored certain expressions of love and desire. It is important to clarify that the choreography itself does not reflect the sexual content of the film, but rather draws inspiration from the sensations it conveys.

 

Credits

Choreography: Adi Schwarz

Dancers: Koen Kaya Eye, Michele Simi and Adi Schwarz

Sound design and original music: Víctor Saiz

Text: Dandan Cohen

Voice-over: Nathan Chipps

Costumes and lighting: Adi Schwarz

Light design: Pablo R. Seoane and Carlos Marcos Molins

Music: From birth to grave. From shadow to light, Offerande – Amenra, Frunzisoara de ovas, Trece-un nouraș pe sus – Surorile Osoianu, Mahmood Habanai – Zohar WagnerRequiem in D minor, op. 48 – Gabriel Fauré, Production: Centro Coreográfico Canal – Teatros del Canal

 

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VIBRATION – 39MIN

Hungary / Japan

Vibration is a collaboration between Rita Góbi and Ryuji Yamaguchi – is a physical poetry of the live body that explores attraction and repulsion, and irregular rhythm. Burning in the colours of red and orange, and trapped within a circular magnetic field, two figures vibrate in tension until the heart tears apart. “Life can be described as a circle. Beyond the language of the art of painting or mathematics, life can also be portrayed through the language of dance, as Vibrations by Rita Gobi and Ryuji Yamaguchi clearly proves.” / Péter Kovács.

 

Credits

Choreography: Rita Góbi and Ryuji Yamaguchi

Dance: Attila Horváth and Rebeka Petra Kiss

Music: Dávid Szegő

Lighting design: Pavla Beranová (CZ)

Costume design: Katerina Csomor

Partner: Workshop Foundation

Supported by: Ministry of Human Resources, National Cultural Fund, Workshop Foundation, Sín Art and Cultural Centre, MOHA/Orkesztika Foundation, gaborgobi.com

 

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Doors: 19h30

Start: 20h00

Duration: 120 min.