Mermaids
2019
A mermaid is half human, half nature. These mythical figures inspire choreographer <Dereck Cayla> to search for the innermost nature of man - our deepest nature - and how to shape that outward appearance. In Chris Watson's soundtrack - in which recordings of nature sounds play a major role - we also hear echoes of both our closed inner nature as the vast universe beyond.
The duet follows the path of two bodies towards their own pulsation. This initiatory path, made possible by dance, reconnects us to a deep nature, it's inspired by the hybrid of nature and human that Mermaids can represent. Chris Watson's sound compositions conjure up an inner world as well as the vastness of spaces. It is the same connection that lives in the dancers: their first pulsation is explored at the quasi-cellular level. The infinitely small and the infinitely large meet in a common vibration.