BORN BY THE SEA (2023)


Today, digitization has changed the way we store information, reducing the need for remembrance. However, dance's connection to embodiment often challenges the idea of forgetting.


In Born by the Sea, the paths of two individuals cross. Traces of their past experiences overlap and diverge, informing the way they move and the choices they make. Framed by faded memories and the romantic bleakness of Richie Culver's spoken word, their bodies act as living archives, reminding us that while some traces of the past empower us, others can hold us back; shaping how we move and cope in profound ways.

Fran Díaz is an Aerowaves Twenty24 artist and will present Born by the sea at Spring Forward Festival (21 - 23 March) in Darmstadt, Wiesbaden and Mainz (Germany).

Choreography Fran Diaz in collaboration with the dancers
Dance/Co-creation Keren Leiman, Paxton Ricketts
Music Richie Culver The Prodigy
Light design Kristina Schmidt
Associate artist Manuel Cornelius
Video Manuel Cornelius

The piece is a co-production with Eisfabrik Hannover.
Created thanks to the kind support of LOT Theater (Braunschweig) and CLOUD/Danslab (The Hague)