PERFORMING TALES OF THE UNSEEN -

Performing Tales of the Unseen is a live performance situated at the intersection of dance and drawing. Conceived and performed by Timo Paris in close collaboration with Andrea Biel (Das Flavour Crew), the work unfolds as a dialogue between embodied movement, drawn line, and architectural space.

The performance investigates the body in motion as both subject and tool of image-making. Drawing is approached as a physical, time-based process: movement leaves traces, and lines function as visual protocols of bodily presence. The dancers operate simultaneously as performers, motifs, and agents of inscription. What emerges is a continuous feedback loop between movement, line, and perception.

Structurally, the piece is composed of five interconnected parts: a solo in which drawing and dancing merge into a single action; an improvised dance dialogue rooted in the cypher practice of Breaking; a sequence of held poses translated into large-scale drawings; a section driven by rhythm and dynamic movement rather than figuration; and a final unison that condenses the accumulated energy into a precise, athletic choreography. Throughout, elements of Breaking—such as freezes, transitions, and floorwork—inform both the movement vocabulary and the drawn forms.

Performing Tales of the Unseen is conceived as a site-responsive work. With minimal technical requirements, it adapts to diverse architectural contexts, using walls and floors as active surfaces. The performance produces drawings in real time, which remain as autonomous visual works after the event.

The project forms part of the ongoing series Tales of the Unseen, a continuously expanding body of drawings that explores movement, fragmentation, and the translation of embodied knowledge into visual form.