"Please choose a place inside the circle"         
  
          

Audience were invited to take a chair into the empty hall, and place it wherever they wished, inside a circle that was drawn on the floor. As it happened, they sat exactly along the line of the circle, with the exception of one woman who sat several centimeters inward. First there was one, then another, and then another—bodies destabilized, deviating, destructive, and falling—not demanding to be saved, but rather as an invitation. Through the audience's free choice to catch the falling one (or not), a wall can be broken, opening empathy and dependency among strangers.

As with most of Grace Euna Kim's performances, cameras and mobile phone use were prohibited. The piece was documented with hidden cameras among the audience, in order to protect the immersive intimacy of the experience. Therefore the visual documents are limited.

“The intensity was palpable. It was amazing to see how [they] managed to create such high tension with so few aids and accessories. I love performances that show their nucleus in the audience’s reaction, and for that it was simply outstanding.” – A.B.

Concept, Artistic Direction, and Choreography: Grace Euna Kim
Performers: Jorge Bascuñan, Ardesia Calderan, Ioulia Kokkokiou, Jean Maurer, Camila Rhodi, Nora Scherer
Production Assistant: Marina Fischer
Photos: Anselm Buder, Niko Neuwirth
Cooperation: A Prelude to the Last was presented under the framework of the Frankfurt LAB Residency, and funded by the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main.