Second Skin

Passing through an endless series of situations that demand its presence, the body reacts as best it can: it adjusts, freezes, withdraws, repeats familiar patterns. It resists. A thin, transparent, identity membrane keeps it alive and in tension. Under the pressure to perform, states oscillate between pleasure and insecurity, vulnerability and control. The body protests and learns to adapt with strength and determination. It wants to express itself honestly and, at the same time, to be accepted. Surrendering to the visceral, it sometimes discovers a fragile balance and unexpected forms of freedom.

A group of performers explores the imprints that work, exposure, and everyday life leave on their own bodies. The tensions between the intimate body, the social body, and the professional body surface through accumulations of gestures, impulses, and self-reflections. The body's memory is revisited and reconstructed in real time.