LIMINAL STATES

Synopsis

The performance Liminal States serves as an escape from the visual sphere of our existence into the energetic embodied aspect of living. A space of liminality where experiences happen on the threshold of consciousness. The desire behind this work is to dialogue with internal spaces and states of perseption that are experienced subjectively and not visually. To put a focus on where the transformative happens and can be experienced as corporal liminal states of abyss. Ultimately it can be seen as a meditation on the elusive but powerful sub-currents of our lives. That part of our lives which composes the largest past of it. The work is based on an ongoing artistic research conducted by the choreographer into altered states of perception through phenomenological embodiment. It is the last in a trilogy dealing with the notion of larger forces that act on us beyond our conscious mind. The trilogy consists of; Pervasive Magnetic Stimuli (2018), Boundless Ominous Fields (2024), Liminal States (2024).

Creating a new performance Liminal States (2024) on Peter’s music is a tribute to the decade-long collaboration between Icelandic choreographer Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir and Peter Rehberg until his passing in 2021. The original composition was created by Peter Rehberg for the performance Pervasive Magnetic Stimuli (2018).The music composition will be released on Editions Mego in 2025. Pre-release at the Liminal States premiere 1st November 2024 at the City Theatre of Reykjavík in Iceland.

Credits:

Direction, choreography, concept, set design: Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir
Performers: Félix Urbina Alejandre, Una Björg Bjarnadóttir, Elín Signý W. Ragnarsdóttir, Erna Gunnarsdóttir

Composition: Peter Rehberg
Lights design: Jójann Friðrik Ágústsson

This Performance was produced and commissioned by the Icelandic Dance Company Reykjavík.