Hopscotch, Mother!

Image Credit: Öncü Hrant Gültekin

This piece is Meghna’s ode to her mother with whom she started knitting and crocheting. The two performers attempt a dance based on their explorations of varied patterns, constructions, and rhythms embedded in the act of knitting, while imagining the yarn as a metaphor for thresholds and borders. In this process, they project mutuality and interdependence, and seek to embody a sense of remembrance for the labour and desires of knitting women across times and cultures.

The work is part of Meghna’s ongoing research Yarning:

meghnabhardwaj.com/yarning-series

Choreography: Meghna Bhardwaj | Co-performance, resew: Jule Fuchs | Practical Research: Anand Dhanakoti, Eng Kai Er, Jule Fuchs, Larissa Potapov, Nicole Kiersz, Manju Sharma, Meghna Bhardwaj | Sound: Anirbaan Ghosh | Inputs: Mandeep Raikhy.

A production by Meghna Bhardwaj and K3 Tanzplan, Kampnagel