Fluids is an intimate duet collaboration by Alvin Collantes and Jun Suzuki. The piece explores emotional upheavals through a close interaction of body movements, eerie vocals and soundscapes.
Inspired by their parallel childhood upbringings in Japan & The Philippines, Alvin and Jun share the stories that were left behind, emotional landscapes of grief, unspoken stories of what it means to be queer and the struggles in identities, belongingness and self-acceptance.
Since lockdown, the Berlin-based duo experiments beyond their respective boundaries to explore and stimulate one another’s sensibilities and stage an intertwined dialogue between unspoken states of body, mind and soul. Mirroring emotions as fluids, continuous, variable and constantly shape-shifting.
Fluids teaser 1
Berliner Ringtheater
Berlin, 2022
Fluids teaser 2
Tanzfabrik
Berlin, 2020
Jun Suzuki (musician)
JUN SUZUKI is a French-Japanese artist and music producer currently based in Berlin. His recent work with immersive sound installation balances tongue-in-cheek and sinister meditations on human responsibility in environmental downfall. Jun’s work is hypnotic and rhythmic. With a background in classical music, his skill navigating the nexus between music and art is apparent. Jun also runs a fortnightly radio show on Budapest’s Lahmacun Radio.
He holds a Research Master's degree in Cinema Studies at Birkbeck College (London), Université de Liège (Belgium) and Université Paris 10 (France). In 2019, he attended Nordanbal Art Residency in Hrisey (Iceland) and BARTR Residency in Budapest (Hungary).
Alvin Collantes (dance artist)
Currently based in Berlin, ALVIN COLLANTES is a Filipino-Canadian certified Gaga teacher and solo dance artist. He completed the Gaga Teacher’s Training Course in 2018 under the artistic direction of Bosmat Nossan with the generous support from the Ontario Arts Council’s Skills & Careers Development Grant for Artists of Colour and Canada Council for the Arts’ Career Development Grant.He has been teaching Gaga around the globe including The Philippines, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Thailand and Canada.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Management & Organizational Studies specializing in Finance and Administration at Western University, Canada. Alvin currently dances with KDV Dance Ensemble under the direction of Kiani Del Valle, which recently premiered its latest production “Las Casas Invisibles” at the iconic Funkhaus Berlin Saal 1.
CONTACT
Alvin
collantes.alvin@gmail.com
https://www.alvincollantes.com/
@alvincollantesdance
Jun
junseraphinsuzuki@gmail.com
https://soundcloud.com/junsuzuki
@einleit
Running Time: 60 minutes
Genre: Contemporary Dance & Live Ambient Music
PAST SHOWS
6.11.22
Magical Hackerism & the Elasticity of Resilience Finissage,
SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin (DE)
3.10.22
APAL end-of-residency performance, Berliner Ringtheater,
Berlin (DE)
26.09-2.10.22 (residency)
Asian Performing Artists Lab (APAL), The Farm, Bräsen (DE)
22-23.08.20
Treptower Park, Berlin (DE)