Kat Válastur & Aho Ssan

In “MoonJar,” choreographer and performer Kat Válastur and musician Aho Ssan create a poetic interplay of sound and movement that condenses into an intense, almost ceremonial performance. Inspired by ancient creation myths and the materiality of clay, they transform the theater into a resonant vessel.

Within this mythical space, Kat Válastur performs a ritual of renewal. Like an exhumator, she lifts magical ceramic objects that resemble relics and bones, crafted by the ceramist Latika Nehra. Her choreography engages in dialogue with the relics and the sounds they convey, referencing the voices of early human cultures. Válastur's spiral and circular movements trace arcs that echo the cycles of the moon and the helical twists of DNA.

The performance is accompanied by the subtle nuances of Válastur's singing and a circular, vibrating metal instrument from which Aho Ssan creates his music, inspired by folk lamentations. The immersive soundscape is expanded by contributions from Sam Slater and Jakob Vasak, in which Kat Válastur's instinctive choreography weaves together the archaic and the contemporary.

approx. 50 mins.

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Additional information

This performance includes passages with loud music; ear protection is available free of charge at the cloakrooms. Strobe lights and fog are used.

Participating artists

Kat Válastur (Konzept, Choreografie, Performance & Stimme)

Aho Ssan (featuring Sam Slater & Jakob Vasak) (Musik & Komposition)

Latika Nehra (Keramikkunst)

Michalis Agelidis (Outside eye)

Maria Tzika (Outside eye)

Martin Beeretz (Lichtdesign & technische Leitung)

Louis Casper Schmitt (Bühnenbild)

Saskia Schoenmaker (Künstlerische Produktion)