Born from the words of a distressing text by Susan Sontag, Description (of a Description) is the narration of the unpredictable event about a man who suddenly collapses on a pavement. The distress caused by such a dramatic incident comes to the light through the words and the action of the performer herself who describes it, in a climax of movements that become always more unstable and insecure in a precarious balance on the rarified space designed by Hans Peter Kuhn.

choreography and performance >
LUCINDA CHILDS
text >
SUSAN SONTAG
music, set and light design >
Hans Peter Kuhn

project manager > Maddalena Papagni
original version > The Kitchen New York, 2000
re-staging > Festival d’Automne in Paris, CND Centre National de la Danse, 2016 Change Performing Arts, Teatro di La Spezia, 2019