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THE WEIGHT OF TENDING
Patscharaporn Distakul

dance

SUN 01.11.2026
8:00pm — 8:50pm

Premiere

Frankfurt LAB, Schmidtstr. 12, 60326 Frankfurt am Main

Tue. 3.11. followed by Meet the Artists

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A person kneels on the floor, leaning forward with one leg folded underneath and the other bent and lifted behind. Warm sunlight streams through the windows, casting strong shadows across the studio floor.

Information on accessibility

Is spoken language used in the performance? If so, which one?
English, Thai

Further information regarding accessibility
The venue is wheelchair accessible. An accessible stop is located near the venue. Disabled parking is available near the venue. The venue has an accessible toilet. Assistance dogs are welcome at these venue.

What memories does a body carry within itself? In „The Weight of Tending“, the choreographer and performer Patscharaporn Distakul traces her own family history in an exploration of belonging and identity. Here she interweaves the memories of her grandfather, who is almost 100 years old and whose recall is fading, with her own experiences to form an auto-fictional choreography that uses dance, the voice and music.

The past and present meet in the question of how heritage, migration and cultural inheritance become inscribed in movement. Together with the musician Max Masahiro Levy Distakul draws on everyday rituals, dances and gestures that left their mark on her as she was growing up between Thailand, Italy and Germany. How are traditions passed on across generations, how do they change and take on new meanings? Here the choreographer also studies Western terms and projections onto Thai society as well as stereotyped concepts of identity and femininity. „The Weight of Tending“ tells of what people preserve, carry on and reinvent.

Concept & Performance: Patscharaporn Distakul

Music & Performance: Max Masahiro Levy

Dance dramaturgy (research phase): Katelyn Skelley

Rehearsal Director, Co-Dramaturgy: Katja Cheraneva

Co-Dramaturgy: Mareike Uhl

Vocal coach: Johanna Milz

Production, artistic assistant: Julia Alsdorf

Outside Eyes: Wen Hui, Fabrice Mazliah

Light & Stage: Matthias Rieker

Production: take the money and run GbR

The Weight of Tending is a co-production of Künstlerhaus Mousonturm.

Das Tanzfestival Rhein-Main, ein Projekt von Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm und dem Hessischen Staatsballett im Rahmen der WDC 2026, wird ermöglicht durch den Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain und gefördert durch das Dezernat für Kultur und Wissenschaft der Stadt Frankfurt am Main, das Hessische Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Kunst und Kultur, die Aventis Foundation und die Dr. Marschner Stiftung. Gesponsort von Energieversorgung Offenbach AG (EVO).

WDC 2026 wird gefördert durch das Land Hessen, die Stadt Frankfurt am Main und den Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain.

Further dates:

  • MON 02.11. | 6:30pm

    Frankfurt LAB, Schmidtstr. 12, 60326 Frankfurt am Main

    Ticket needed

  • TUE 03.11. | 8:00pm

    Frankfurt LAB, Schmidtstr. 12, 60326 Frankfurt am Main

    Ticket needed