is an interdisciplinary project by dance artist Chollada Phinitduang and architect Pål Luis Sanchez, exploring the complex relationship between the human body and architectural space. Inspired by Le Corbusier’s Le Modulor, this work investigates how geometric structures—angles, inclines, heights—shape and sometimes restrict the body's natural flow, revealing the tension between freedom and confinement, organic movement and structural rigidity. As the body navigates this custom-built installation, audiences witness a powerful interaction that challenges perceptions of space, embodiment, and autonomy.
This project has been developed through a series of residencies and open-process sharing sessions with the support of NORA dans at Ælvespeilet in Porsgrunn and TextLab Prøverom at Gamle Munch in Oslo in 2023. These residencies offered a dedicated environment for experimentation, enabling the artists to refine the work's themes through direct engagement with space and feedback from open rehearsals. Audiences in these settings contributed to the evolving narrative of the piece, helping shape its final form by sharing responses that enriched the work’s depth and interactivity. Together, these residencies have allowed Shaping This – Body and Object to become a reflective experience that highlights the subtle power dynamics between human movement and architectural structures, inviting viewers to reconsider the invisible ways space influences identity, behavior, and freedom of movement.
Choreographer, artistic- and project leader:Chollada Phinitduang
Arkitektur and sceneographer: Pål Luiz Sanchez
Creation and performer: Chollada Phinitduang and Pål Luiz Sanchez