Spiro
Earthly high mass / Aardse hoogmis
~ a ceremony of femininity, fertility and joy ~
Spiro, I breathe, I live
Staring up high
Watching the sky
A streak of fire: your breath
from your mouth through mine
Embracing the earth
My pounding heart
In the soil of my garden
Whispered words from your mouth
Filling my lungs
By Monique van Kerkhof
~ We need to reconnect air and earth ~
Why is traditional religion
always about sin?
We think we see
but we are blinded.
We feel a detail.
and think we have understood everything.
How original!
How... sinfull!
Bookshop Dominicanen invites Mother Earth in person to celebrate a new kind of mass. What if our breath and heartbeat become the essence of vital liturgy?
Please be welcome and participate in the premiere of our Earthly High Mass.
Date:
19 April 2024
Event:
Location:
Dominican Bookstore (Dominicanerkerkstraat 1, 6211 CZ Maastricht)
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Member:
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Idea: Govert Derix, Ton Harmes
Script: Govert Derix, Monique van Kerkhof
Direction & choreography: Monique van Kerkhof (Mondesign)
Cast: Monique van Kerkhof (Mother Earth, vocals) Triana Segovia (vocals)
Luca Vaillancourt (guitar) Anouk Habets (dancer) SHU (dancer)
Marshall Janse (dancer)
Motorbike rider: Armand Vandenboren
Poems: Monique van Kerkhof (‘Spiro, I breathe, I Live’), Rainer Maria Rilke (‘Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen’)
Photos: Bo Oudendijk
VJ & Tech: Bo Oudendijk
​Stage assistant: Nie Oudendijk
Light and sound: Sebastiaan Dumoulin (Demo Productions), Paul Caron (Intro in Situ), Rob Driessen (3 Sun)
Costumes: Monique van Kerkhof, Olga Morekhodtseva
Design booklet: Ontwerpstudio Contxt
Print: ARSprintmedia Roermond
​​​Camera:Vincent van den Bergh, John Sondeyker,​​
