The silence was also unbearable

Layer by layer.
Hit after hit.
Louder and louder.
Do you hear?
Sounds like the pain threshold is almost crossed.

The dance performance “The silence was also unbearable” seeks an answer to the question of whether it is possible to find new strength and power through a vulnerable and complicated state.

Two bodies meet on stage. Balancing on the edge of comfort and discomfort, between tenderness and attack, they look for ways to turn the absurdity found in the twists and turns of the inner world outward. It is like their personal confession, with which they want to start a dialogue with themselves, each other and the audience. However, doing it once is not enough, and the rhythm created in this repetition is stuck in the room, starting to echo, amplify and transform. Do they allow themselves to be freed by it?
Because while this process is exhausting, the silence is even more unbearable.

Liisi Hint (1994) is an archivist and a young dance artist who tries to explain the surrounding absurdity by describing her personal bodily and emotional experience. Hint deals with topics such as identity, ambiguity, shame, seeing the body at the center of the research as something personal and at the same time social. She graduated in summer 2022 bachelor’s studies in performing arts at the dance center of the Berlin University of the Arts (HZT), trying to find a connection with the history major previously acquired at the University of Tartu in the course of artistic discoveries. Currently, Hint is collaborating with her fellow coursemate Maria Ladopoulos.

In the media:

Kajastused:

“Arvustus. Küsimus kehade deseksualiseerimisest Premiere’il” – Kerly Ritval, ERR kultuuriportaal, 22.03.2023

“Värsked premierikad” – Koreokohvik, 01.02.2023

“PREMIERE´23 sissejuhatus” Tantsu Kuukiri, 15.02.2023

“Koreograaf Liisi Hint: tegeleme lavastuses mälestustega, mis on kehadesse kinni jäänud” – ERR uudised, 15.02.2023

“Hoogsalt plaksuvad reied ja rinnad Sõltumatu Tantsu Laval” – Ele Viskus, Postimees. 27.02.2023

“Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava PREMIERE’23 / Ka vaikus oli väljakannatamatu – Liisi Hint / So you think you can dance – Unholy Trinity” – Danzumees blogi, 28.02.2023

“KULTUURIBIIT | PREMIERE’i uute tantsulavastuste meeskondade playlist” – Eesti Päevaleht, 04.03.2023

“Kõik ei peagi olema eakohane” – Kaja Kann, Sirp, 10.03.2023

“Enne veel üks tantsusimulatsioon” – Kärt Koppel, Teater. Muusika. Kino, mai 2023