FLOCK’s

international dance festival

Friday October 30

ORDINARY PEOPLE

Artistic production by Frantics Dance Company

Berlin, Germany

Created and performed by Marco di Nardo and Juan Tirado

Music: MVDRA, Andrea Buttatuoco and various artists.

Ordinary People delves into the interplay between competing and cooperating in everyday life. Through a captivating movement language, rivalry is transformed into an elegant and harmonious form of expression. The performers, acting as autonomous beings yet intrinsically connected, engage in a dance that embodies both conflict and effortless cooperation. Ordinary People is a celebration of humanity, highlighting our shared struggles and the beauty found in the most ordinary moments.

Created with the support of Orsolina 28, Studio Pro Arte, Scenario Pubblico, Sinedomo Dance Vicenza, Centro Coreografico de La gomera.

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SHORE OF THE EDGE

Created and performed by Peiqi Emily Liu

Shenzhen, China/USA

the world might as well just rain sardines and mackerels.

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we walk by the sea

words’ necessities entrusted to air

“Swim towards there?”

loving fallen leaves’ rustles

and very sickening black cat

more fond of stepping on meadow

If the world falls apart - it’s nothing more than this.

let feeling directs

we walk shoulder to shoulder, gazing faraway

cicadas occupied the void left by wind

there is no more necessity for words, ever.

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LEISE STRÖMUNG

Choreography by FLOCK: Alice Klock and Florian Lochner

Schwabisch Hall, Germany/USA

Dancers: Liane Aung, Emily Krenik, Robert Rubama

Music: Michael Wall

— INTERMISSION 20 min —

TOWARDS EQUILIBRIUM

Choreography by Chueh-Kai Kuo

Taiwan

Dancers: Yuchi Chen and Chueh-Kai Kuo

Music: Melodium

“Equilibrium is an ideal endpoint between myself and the other." In reality, balance exists only in an imagined space. What unfolds between two people is a constant movement of approaching, withdrawing, and responding—each action triggering another subtle shift. Utilizing balance poles as kinetic extensions and acoustic tools, "Towards Equilibrium" amplifies shifts in distance and timing, making bodily adjustments visible and audible as the performers navigate continuous states of imbalance.

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INTWO

Choreographed and performed by Gregory Lev & Liad Tavori

“We stepped inside and a conversation began—nothing grandiose, but rather

the opposite: simple and soft.

At times we disagreed,

for moments we shared a silence,

and a few minutes of laughter reminded us that

we were home.”

Two people on stage asking quiet but stubborn questions about what it means to be

partners. What does partnership actually cost, and what is co-dependency? “Intwo” moves

between dance and text, between funny and tender, between simple gesture and abstract

movement. It doesn't announce itself loudly — it earns its complexity quietly, through the live

presence of two people who've chosen to make something together.

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Q&A with all artists