“What can a body do? What does it desire? What can it endure? What does it forget?”
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LEIB – What does a body desire?

Cuatro X Cuatro (Mexiko)  

19 – 20 Jun 2025Dance / performance

Initially shrouded in darkness, LEIB – What does a body desire? unfolds an acoustic experience of crackling and soft sounds that fill the room. Gradually, a fireplace appears in the light and the stage becomes a place of sensual, poetic evocation. With voice, music, objects, and movement, it is not a spirit that is conjured up, but the body itself – as the first space of feeling and encounter.

Cuatro x Cuatro is known for its innovative works that are deeply rooted in social contexts. This first part of their trilogy is about opening up a new unfolding for the body. The body is perceived as a collective voice that speaks to nature, dreams, the night, and the sun. Dance becomes a space in which another world is possible – or at least a way of experiencing and understanding this world. LEIB is a sign for all those who have disappeared to find their way home again.

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Price group C
Advance booking: 20 € / red. 9 €
Box office: 21 € / red. 9 €

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Credits

Concept, Research, Choreography and Stage Direction: Shantí Vera
Creation: Sendic Vázquez, Jésica Elizondo, Fermín Martínez, Arturo Lugo, Manuel Estrella, Melissa Herrada, Shantí Vera
Performance, dance: Jésica Elizondo, Melissa Herrada, Sendic Vázquez, Shantí Vera
Light Dramaturgy: Jésica Elizondo
Dramaturgy: Sabine Chwalisz, Hebzoariba Hernández
Texts: Fernando Renjifo, Mirtha Luz Pérez Robledo
Sound Dramaturgy: Sendic Vázquez, Manuel Estrella, Fermín Martínez
Costumes and Stage Design: Arturo Lugo from Tun Project
Production Management: Melissa Herrada
Technical Assistance: Iliana Olalde and Melissa Herrada
Photos: Paulina Cervantes / Maremoto Producciones
Video: Fernando Frías / Maremoto Producciones
Production: Cuatro X Cuatro
Co-production: fabrik Potsdam, PLATAFORMA Berlin; Próximamente Festival, KVS und Workspacebrussels (Belgium); Centro Cultural Helénico, Danza UNAM, Centro de las Artes de Playas de Rosarito, Programa MEGA 2021 and 2024 (Sistema de Apoyos a la Creación y Proyectos Culturales)
Supported by Sistema de Apoyos a la Creación y Proyectos Culturales 
Cuatro X Cuatro is supported by Programm Mexico en escena-grupos artísticos (MEGA) from Sistema de Apoyos a la Creación y Proyectos Culturales. Sendic Vázqueza is a scholarship holder of the Programm Creadores Escénicos Kategorie B 2023-2024 of the Sistema de Apoyos a la Creación y Proyectos Culturales. Manuel Estrella is a scholarship holder of the National System of Artists (SNCA) 2023-2026 Support system for cultural creation and projects (FONCA). Melissa Herrada is a scholarship holder for the Programm Jóvenes Creadores 2024-2025 from Sistema de Apoyos a la Creación y Proyectos Culturales.
Internet : www.cuatroxcuatro.org
Duration : 50 minutes