Magdalena Forster: Hearth

Dance & Performance: Hearth

Wed 29. & Thu 30.01., 19.30h, Fri 31.01., 17.30h, TQW Studios

I see my body
whispering itself into a voice
inside since forever
as it melts backwards and forth
kiss my cold heavy hammer*

The centre of every forge is the hearth. Here, sparks scatter as glowing embers melt the iron, transforming it at the anvil. Inspired by her upbringing in her family’s blacksmith workshop, Magdalena Forster traces the metamorphic qualities of the ore in her new solo "Hearth". She delves into the mystique and semantics, gendered attributions and movement patterns surrounding this ancient, strenuous craft. Woven with Milena Georgieva’s atmospheric composition of field recordings and live sounds, a choreography of devilish transformations unfolds. Between the beat of the hammer and the heart, the voice fractures, correlating bodies, material and sound. Forster’s dances forge hidden schemes and fuel rumours that solidify only briefly before yielding again to transformation.