In Greek mythology, Khaos is the origin of all things, the empty, unfathomable space at the beginning of time. Khaos is the goddess of creation and the chasm between heaven and earth. It is the primordial mass of the universe, composed of the four elements of nature: fire, water, air and earth. Each of these four elements possesses unique properties that act simultaneously to create a unified universe. Without chaos, there is no creation, no organization; without silence, there is no sound; and without darkness, there is no light – one requires the other. It is in this gap between opposites that Khaos lives.

Saeed Hani seeks to create a universe beyond reality with seven dancers from different backgrounds. He assembles his elements and creates superimposed images to simulate reality and the chaos in which we live.
In this piece, he composes images by combining contemporary dance and physical theater with visual art, in particular installation art. The images relate to his essential themes to appeal to the audience’s imagination, create a chaos of the senses and disperse their feelings and thoughts in space using the six essential elements of abstract art: Line, Texture, Form, Color “through scenography, skin and light”.

On stage, we’ll witness a battle between opposites that we’re constantly confronted with and that are necessary to balance our lives: emotional versus logical, self-confidence versus insecurity, fear versus serenity, strength versus submission, and so on. Naked art will be the central part of this work, because in the beginning, the body wasn’t naked, it was just there. It was just there. Nudity is Saeed’s statement against customs and traditions that underestimate the beauty, power and reality of our human nature by seeing the body only as a sexual object.

Credits:

Director: Saeed Hani

Dance: Esther Moreno Suarez, Gabriel Lawton, Ileana Orofino, Kenji Shinohe, Hector Ferrer, Ana Fernández Melero & Alberto Chianello

Scenography and visual arts: Saeed Hani

Lighting: Marc Thein

Costumes: Christian Brand

Video production: Blackgate Media

Production management: Oliver Moeller

Production: Mierscher Kulturhaus, Hani Dance & menschMITmensch e.V

Partners: Ministère de la Culture Luxembourg | Ministry for Family, Women, Culture and Integration Rhineland-Palatinate | Amt für Stadtkultur und Denkmalschutz Trier | Kulturstiftung Sparkasse Trier | TROIS C-L | Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz Stiftung | Kulturstiftung Trier