The finest match: Laurie Young dancing with Naniek K. . Finishing my research with a space and choreographic sketch in the most fortunate community. I learned of Naniek K. through the work Ratu created by Jee Chang for this years Tanztage Festival. They kindly introduced me to a truly royal and felt ur-berliner 81 year old Indonesian dancer and lady. She had more energy than all of us together in the room! ;)
Touching on basic ideas and making space to two rare generations in the spot light. Observing their universes of experience side by side, and a familiar proximity of Asian and Western European philosophies of movement reconciled something for me.
Laurie Young encountered Naniek K. with such grace and responding to her with an emotional clarity which resonated in a tangible time-relationship that I passionately want to continue researching with them!
In the background playing with rhythms of yellow.
More photos soon by Fungi Fung.