For the first appointment of Extended, a programme of performances curated by Ilaria Mancia, Ewa Dziarnowska presents This resting, patience, a three-hour durational performance that slowly dissolves the perception of time, creating a porous and sensitive dimension.
A seductive choreography in which dance, in a dynamic of constant transformation, weaves attraction, repetition and emotion into a shared breath. The bodies present themselves to the viewer as a living archive of unexpressed sensuality.
The structure is open: the audience may enter and exit freely, choosing whether to remain on the periphery or draw closer until one catches a tremor of the body, a flush on the face. Proximity becomes part of the work, shortening the critical distance and immersing the spectator in the physical and sensual energy that surrounds them.
Conceived as an installation made of bodies, the dance acts as a living sculpture that transforms between moments of intensity and revelations of fragility. The environment, too, changes constantly, redefining distances, perspectives and atmospheres created by the light.
Over the course of the performance, subtle variations emerge: what matters is not so much what happens, but how. Nudity, a state of exposure and trust, becomes a delicate and conscious act that generates a sensuality devoid of hierarchies, suspending the conventions of the gaze and transforming the present into a time made of attention, energy and tenderness.
Ewa Dziarnowska is a dancer and choreographer based in Berlin, working across performance, collaboration and research. Her recent projects — This resting, patience, https:// 4677684728466.com and A Room With a Better View (Display Gallery x Berlin Art Week) — reflect her sustained inquiry into improvisation as both method and philosophy. Through attention to sensation, rhythm and relation, she investigates how movement can generate knowledge and resist the pressures of coherence and productivity. Her practice unfolds in real time, balancing precision and spontaneity while questioning the social and aesthetic frameworks through which dance is produced, witnessed and circulated. Her work has been shown at venues and festivals such as Sophiensaele / Berlin Art Week (DE), Schwere Reiter / International Dance Festival Munich (DE), 3hd Festival / Creamcake (DE), Tanzquartier Wien / RaketeFestival (AT), Santarcangelo Festival (IT), MDT / My Wild Flag (SE), Moving in November (FI), Mind Eater (NO), Bit Teatergarasjen (NO), What You See Festival (NL), FLAM (NL), Gessnerallee / Backslash (CH), Ephemera Festival (PL), Scena Tańca Studio / Teatr Studio (PL), ms1 / Muzeum Sztuki (PL). As a performer, most recently Ewa has worked with Alex Baczyński-Jenkins, Michele Rizzo, Ofelia Jarl Ortega and Enad Marouf.
CREDITS:
By: Ewa Dziarnowska
With: Leah Marojević
Sound: Krzysztof Bagiński
Lighting: Jacqueline Sobiszewski
Costumes / styling: Nico Navarro Rueda, Franziska Acksel
Dramaturgical support: Jette Büchsenschütz
Artistic dialogue: Suvi Kemppainen
Photos: Spyros Rennt
Video documentation: Margarita Maximova
Special thanks to: Maciej Sado
Premiere: 13 January 2024 at the Tanztage Festival, Sophiensæle, Berlin
A production by Ewa Dziarnowska in co-production with Sophiensæle. The 33rd edition of Tanztage Berlin is a production by Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion and the Capital Cultural Fund (HKF). With the kind support of Tanzfabrik Berlin e. V., Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte.
The performance This resting, patience is presented in collaboration with the Polish Institute in Rome with the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute (IAM).
