Freeway Dance

What is our first memory of dancing? Two years ago, the Japanese choreographer and performance artist Ayaka Nakama asked people she knew well to describe their first memories of their actual selves dancing. Based on these accounts, she has used her own body to reconstruct the movements they described. This forms the starting point for “Freeway Dance”. Ayaka Nakama welcomes us within a garden installation, that invites visitors to linger while its numerous organisms and references undermine the notion of a monoculture.

The four-hour performance “Freeway Dance” will be performed on seven of the ten days whereas the idyllic garden and its swing are open to visitors throughout the day. On entry to the garden, visitors will be given headsets to augment their aural experience of the installation. Enhanced by sound projections through additional loudspeakers on the gallery level above the foyer, “Freeway Dance” presents a range of perspectives on a place of wonder, where people, memories, and cultures meet.

This project is funded by Inga Maren Otto.