CHORA is a space of possibilities and potentiality. A space in which things can take place and live in constant breathing, expanding, and contracting – connecting the outer world with our inner world. A space shared with the audience that suggests our interconnectedness to the world around us through all means of perception. A new work inspired by the metaphor of “diffraction” as a mode of thinking, created by CocoonDance Company with its co-authors.

CocoonDance, which is known for their powerful works that deconstruct the body, focuses in “Chora” as never before on space and its perception. It is about understanding choreography as a cultural technique capable of interconnecting bodies as well as things, driving transformative change and opening groundbreaking resonant spaces. In “Chora”, the theatre space is transformed into a topography that holds places, paths and experiences. In its original Greek meaning, “chora” means “to give space to things that have their own place”; which is a pretty good description of what theatre should do.

CHORA created by CocoonDance Company with its co-authors is inspired by the metaphor of “diffraction” as a mode of thinking and stands for the search for new creative processes. The project focuses on co-authorship and its multiple possibilities. It is a way of rewriting, transforming and fusing movement and a polyphonic aesthetic. It features seven dancers in an evolving and shared sound/space installation where the bodies of the audience and performers coexist, communicate and network in a concept that creates an extraordinary scenic space.

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