Land Chanting

Land Chanting - (Joy art residency, sapin, andalousia)

Improvised chanting emerging from meditations on the land. Connecting to the elements and responding to them as a way to map their presence and movements on the land: the dance of the wind, the changing of the light, the responsiveness of the waters, the resonance of the earth, the silent stillness of the plants, the dance of the insects…

Selected documentation

'chant in' is a 2 to 3 hours durational performance of improvised chanting, inviting the audience to sit one by one on a chair in front of Taïs to receive individual chants inspired by their presence whilst maintaining eye contact.

Taïs first created the performance during the Marrakech Biennale in 2016, as a mean to delve into three main fears she had about singing in public: improvising, singing accapella and looking at the audience in the eyes. The performance became a tool to face and overcome these fears and has now evolved into revealing what lied behind the whole time : an opportunity for truer connection.

Exploring states of transe and opening spaces of vulnerability, play and trust, the performance aims to offer a challenging yet intimate space for the audience to experience connection with the other and themselves, be seen, and receive.