Mimesis is s a  movement and performance research which deals with the wants and urges of the performer first and starts with the question: “What is the engine of my desire and how can I ignite it?”. It searches for what the body on stage wants and consequently, what the spectator wants and finally how they experience it together.
Conceptually, the research deals with the notion of “wanting”, more specifically with “I want”, less explicitly with “I wish”. The research aims to approach the subjective experience of desire and the question of its authenticity. It delves into the fact that even the most intimate aspects of our identity can be radically co-shaped by others. The movement practice employed in this exploration adopts a sensory approach, relinquishing control to the body—a reservoir of information and potential insights into the secrets of individual desire. This process serves to heighten the performer's awareness and challenges them to perceive themselves both within and beyond the boundaries of their skin, the boundaries between the inside and the outside.
Through her work, the author explores her human form placed inevitably in front of the audience and places the audience in various roles that enable the exchange and co-shaping of the perspectives among the present. Instead of conveying explicit meaning, the intention is to recognize and resonate.


Project: Exquisite Coprs
Author: Alja Branc
Presentation: 17. december 2023, SVŠGUGL, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mentors: Maša Radi Buh, Anja Bornšek
Production: Emanat 
Residency: december 2023, La Visiva, Barcelona, Spain