calling

In Calling three characters circle each other with equal parts suspicion and intrigue. They have been doing this for some time. Attracted and repelled, their bodies move away and towards each other, sometimes with pleasure and at other times with disgust.

Circling and circling, advancing and retreating, away and towards, closer then farther. They don’t know what is at stake, what it would mean to break the status quo or the rhythm of their patterns. They cannot stay in this limbo for much longer though and soon they will be overwhelmed by their curiosity…

In Calling, the choreographer Ofelia Jarl Ortega examines the power relations within the collective of The Field. The dynamics are revealed in all their complexity through choreographic games and playful scenarios. The performers offer themselves to each other to be used, downtrodden or deified, teased or even pleasured.

Concept and choreography: Ofelia Jarl Ortega
Co-choreography and performance: The Field: Lucia Gugerli, Pierre Piton, Declan Whitaker
Music composition: Xafya Lovecraft
Light design: Christoffer Lloyd
Costumes: Julian Zigerli
Production: Matheus Vo-Ngoc, Rabea Grand
Dramaturgical advisor: Tanzhaus Zürich Jessica Huber
Photos: Nadja Voorham
Coproduction: Tanzhaus Zürich

Special Thanks Jamuna Mirjam Zweifel, Marisa Godoy

Performed at Weld the December 14th, 15th and 16th 2024

This iteration of reviews has been produced with the support of Weld

The Field is a collective of dance artists who have been working together since 2019. The collective has collaborated with local and international artists to create a range of works from large scale performances to intimate artistic exchanges. So far, The Field has created works with Meg Stuart (Waterworks), Isabel Lewis (Scalable Skeletal Escalator), Simone Aughterlony (The Best and the Worst of Us) and Ofelia Jarl Ortega (Calling).

The collective came into being from the need to create flexible, versatile, sensitive and enduring forms of togetherness and to find ways of articulating our cultural, social and political concerns through dance experiences. A commitment to non-hierarchical forms of working shapes all of The Field’s artistic outputs.