Mothering the Tongue

Mothering the Tongue is a lecture-performance where Linder dances through a rumination on the practice of “free dance” and the layers of dance experience that rise to the surface in real time. Linder’s text weaves theoretical, cultural and personal ingredients that contribute to a “writing in real-time”, which he then physically responds to, propelled by a variety of music from Bach to Sinéad O’Connor. Contrary to his vibrantly staged works for the theatre and the exhibition space, Mothering the Tongue is a stripped-down scenario, an invitation into a mindset that can produce electric possibilities for spontaneous embodiment.

© Adam Linder