Mystica

Mystica is a ritual that gives voice to eight mystical women who lived between the 8th and 16th century. The surviving texts of Hildegard von Bingen, Mirabai, Teresa of Avila, Sun Bu'er and others were rewritten into modern poetry by Elisa Demarré and woven into a contemporary polyphony by Timo Tembuyser. Floating hair suspension artists and choir singers seek connection as a community learning once more to speak a shared language. What do the words of these female spirits awaken in us today? Mystica is a performance by MOVEDBYMATTER (DAR & BITBYBIT) and Muziektheater Transparant directed by Kasper Vandenberghe in which circus meets musical theatre. To bass lines composed by Jens Bouttery, hair suspension artists and choir singers construct a spiritual microcosm together in which everything appears to be connected. Mystica is an exploration of the lost, mystical undercurrent in the here and now. No escape route, but a powerful visual performance with focus on being together.