ROVER | Roshanak Morrowatian
Bonnefanten edition: Alphabets of Flesh

A poetic exploration of the body in diaspora

In the dance performance Alphabets of Flesh, choreographer and dancer Roshanak Morrowatian makes tangible what it is like to be a body in diaspora. Together with dancer Mami Izumi, she depicts the fragmented experience of time and space of people who have left their homeland. The dance performance will premiere at the Nederlandse Dansdagen 2024 and will be shown at AINSI from 4 t/m 6 oktober .

A special version of the performance will take place on Oct. 10 at the first Dutch solo exhibition of Polish artist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas at the Bonnefanten in Maastricht. The Bonnefanten invited Morrowatian to comment on the work of Małgorzata Mirga-Tas and Morena Bamberger.   

The female diaspora perspective in the work of Mirga-Tas and Bamberger is the inspiration for the special version of Alphabets of Flesh. Morrowatian and Izumi dance among the artworks, depicting what memories and experiences are stored in your body when you are displaced.   

Curator Nina Folkersma will hold a brief introduction prior to the performance.