Open Studio: Ember

Romanian actress, choreographer, and performer Judith State is in Veem House for Performance for a two week residency to work on her performance Ember. The title pays homage to her Hungarian heritage and means “human” in Hungarian. Join Judith’s research during the Open Studio to explore what Ember can become.

Judith State is a choreographer, performer and actress based in Romania. She is trained in classical ballet and holds foreign languages bachelor’s degrees in English and Spanish. She combines these fields with her passion for music and singing as well. 

Judith: “I am interested in the casual and natural movement of the body and the ways it can turn into ‘choreography’ without adding aesthetics to it, and at the same time in how engaging in the most habitual gestures with certain thoughts and specific intentions can bring about emotion.”

“Also, I seek to search and find the point in which movement and text can meet, intertwine and fully complement each other, just as body language and speech organically flow when you’re in a relaxed dialogue with someone you know and are comfortable with. As an under-layer and emotional fuel for this research, I will inquire into my memory, fathom remembrance and family imprints, as a natural continuation of my previous work, Emlék.”