Photos: Bahador Feiz
The Flaked Signal is an inward journey through three bodies exploring contact, weight, and distance. Pain emerges in layers—never forgotten, always transforming.
Performed between a rural house in northern Iran and Berlin, bodies appear fragmented, voices delayed, and touch becomes real yet untouchable.
Contact Improvisation here is more than movement—it’s listening, presence, and confronting absence. Pain arises not from absence, but from incomplete presence and unfinished touch.
A hybrid experience of closeness, distance, and the layered nature of human connection.
Choreography and Concept: Roham Amirifar
Performers (Live in Iran):
Roham Amirifar, Khorshid Sheikhansari, Rana Shahbazi
Music/sound design (Live in Berlin): Niki Yaghmaee
Photos: Bahador Feiz
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Borderless Creatures was preparing to present The Flaked Signal, a project originally conceived as a live, cross-border performance with three performers streaming from a rural area in northern Iran to Berlin.
Due to the ongoing digital blackout and severe restrictions, communication with the performers in Iran has become impossible. Rehearsals were interrupted, live transmission could no longer be tested, and the project cannot continue in its original form.
Rather than cancelling, and following the strong audience response and four sold-out nights of 100 Sounds of Belonging: Berlin, we decided to present it again but as a fundraising performance.
This special evening will integrate rehearsal footage created in Iran before the blackout, along with a text sent from the director in Iran, reflecting his lived experience during these days.
The revenue of this show will be donated directly to support the performers in Iran, where even small contributions can make a meaningful difference.