"Shannon Sullivan's production "13 Poems in a Body" was downright stunning. After a serious foot injury the dancer discovered a new means of expression for herself: language. In cooperation with Raffaella Galdi her dance performance provoked movement with spoken word and the other way around. The piece painfully translated mental and spiritual conflict into physical conflict and allowed the audience to intensely feel the torment.
A magnificent conclusion to two diverse evenings of theater that offered a promising glimpse of tomorrow's repertoire of performances."

- Mannheimer Morgen, July 14, 2009 -> Full review (pdf, in German)



"13 poems in a body" is the current piece by Shannon Sullivan/ Performance Lab Berlin, in collaboration with dancer/ choreographer -> Raffaella Galdi. It premiered in July 2009 at the festival -> frisch eingetroffen, at zeitraumexit, Mannheim.




"13 poems in a body"
A collaboration of Shannon Sullivan/ Performance Lab Berlin and Raffaella Galdi


Concept, Staging, Text, Voice:
Shannon Sullivan

Dance, Movement Composition:
Raffaella Galdi

Dramaturgy:
Joey Juschka