Ira Brand: RUNNER

Lees in het Nederlands

A woman runs away from the theatre.

She sets a pace, covers distance, breaks out in a sweat. In search of knowledge, a place, or an idea. Step by step, one after another. On the heels of a feeling. You are invited to follow her, this unknown body making its way through the city. Is she looking for something, or is she escaping? Heavy calves, beating hearts, breath steaming from our noses. Working hard, and being good.

RUNNER is a performance about running and exhaustion. It explores the interconnected and opposing joys, woes and potentials of both physical exhaustion and exhaustion as a socio-political condition. What closeness, intimacy and pleasure can come from hearing a body push itself? And why do we appreciate people when they push themselves to the limit?