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Darkness of Mercy

Performance · 2023 · transformation · darkness · poetry

Darkness of Mercy is an interdisciplinary performance and a collaborative stage experiment exploring the hidden depths of the human soul.

Bringing together Miho (dance), Aneta (poetry), Misa (costume and mask), and Wanqian (music), the work creates a space where movement, language, sound, and visual transformation meet.

The performance ventures into the darker territories of human existence — vulnerability, desire, fear, violence, tenderness, and the longing for mercy. Bodies, words, masks, and sound unfold as fragments of an inner landscape, revealing what usually remains unseen.

Darkness of Mercy does not seek to offer answers. It invites the audience into an encounter with the shadows within us — and with the fragile possibility of compassion that may emerge from them.

Regie & Poetry
Aneta Panek
Costume & Make-up
Misa Namura
Music & Sound-art
Wanqian Lin
Dance & Performance
Miho Takayasu
Video & Editing
Haoyang Sun
Ort
Ackerstadtpalast, Berlin
Film
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