D E - S U I C I D E

<Part 3> of Three: C’est la crisis

full-moon-midnight of January 28, 2021
In partnership with JOAN LA & PS122 Gallery, NYC

SUICIDE <part 1>: The Junction SUICIDE <Part 2>: DE-SUICIDE

It’s a workshop, it’s a crisis, it’s a dance.

Hand to Mouth have adapted the game of Snakes and Ladders to represent DE-SUICIDE as a trip, a journey through multiple locations and periods of time which are navigated through the board game featuring three dancers. 

Margaux was in Berlin and square 1—a great beginning! Tushrik was in Johannesburg and square 11, and Laura was in New York City on square PS122. The objective of the game was to navigate one's game piece—A Chair—according to the roll of a die, helped or hindered by ladders, ropes, and escalators.

In this process, the board is a collective method of being in movement. There are no winners and awards, rather, the game is an exercise in being present together within overlapping temporalities.

Dancer: 
Margaux Marielle-Trehoüart
Tushrik Fredericks 
Laura K. Nicoll  

DP Johannesburg: Ato Moiloa
DP NYC: Carlos Cardona
DP Berlin: Michael Höppner

Created and directed by Deville Cohen

Guest dramaturge: Patricia Margarita Hernandez

Sound design: JD Samson