A tender exploration of bodies, desire and the art of being present. 

This resting, patience is part moving art installation, part dance and part somatic striptease. Created by Berlin-based Polish choreographer Ewa Dziarnowska, it is a choreographic exploration of physical desire and longing, hope and loss.

Dressed in blue, Eva and collaborator Leah Marojević ebb and flow in the middle of the blue carpet-covered space while Dionne Warwick sings What the World Needs Now on repeat. Generous and attentive, they play with attraction, repetition, form, and feeling. They challenge each other, dancing solo and in duet, sometimes in sync. They make contact, and occasionally with the audience. Because the dancers come so close, it breaks the viewer’s passivity. Watching becomes moving, and moving becomes a form of being seen, an exchange that breaks the boundaries of classical performance.

By placing the body at its centre, This resting, patience presents touch, feeling and dance as ways for everyone to imagine a different world. It invites us to slow down, stay in the present and create a future shaped by tenderness, desire and care.

Header image © Spyros Rennt
Header image description: A blonde individual in a sheer, flowing blue outfit lies in an arched pose against a deep blue background with dramatic composition and cool lighting.