About the research:

“The boy who was swallowed by a Humpback Whale” is a solo dance research diving into the depths of fear, silence, and inner exile — an attempt to hear what modern life urges us to suffocate. Guided by the image of the whale, suspended between air and abyss, the work explores the weight of pain, the poetics of risk, and the reclaiming of breath.

Rooted in the artist’s Indigenous ancestry, the piece reflects on what he calls a cosmosomatic wound—the rupture between body, spirit, nature, and community. Through intense, poetic physicality, the research aims to become a ritual of remembrance and transformation: a choreographic offering toward decolonial healing.

Project credits:

Choreography and Performance: Lucas Lopes Pereira
Dramaturgy: Harrison Rodrigues
Stage design: Lucas Lopes Pereira and Harrison Rodrigues
Music composer: Michelle Agnes
Music Technician: Harrison Rodrigues
Photos: Ralf Silberkuhl, Harrison Rodrigues and Jürgen Steinfeld