St Barnabas Church
Day two centres on the relationship between body, sound, and spatial constraint, unfolding across choreography, performance practice, and composition.
The Judgement Hall Festival 2026 Headline Performance, Paper Bridge Dance Company, in collaboration with visual artist RV, present Raptures, a special commission, site-specific choreographic work developed exclusively for St Barnabas. Movement is shaped by proximity, repetition, and architectural limitation, placing the body in direct dialogue with the space.
Body of Reverbs present Dissection / Dissolution, a special commission performance that examines how a human body becomes representation and how that representation gradually dissolves into myth. The work draws a parallel between human anatomical dissection and the historical construction of saints : both involve opening the body in order to preserve, translate it and circulate it beyond itself. In this performance dissection is not understood as exposure of interior flesh, but as a ceremonial and theatrical act - a way of opening a field of transmission.
The evening concludes with co-headlining artist Abul Mogard, presenting Quiet Pieces. This monolithic piece was selected specifically for the Neo-Byzantine chamber of St Barnabas Church. Working with slow development, harmonic restraint, and finely controlled texture, Mogard’s performance allows the acoustics of St Barnabas to shape the listening experience. The result is a closing defined not by climax, but by clarity and sustained focus.It has long been dreamt of that Abul Mogard would close the portal at The Judgement Hall and we are delighted to turn this into a reality for this special instalment.
Extract of AMAE by Paper Bridge Dance Company
In a Studded Procession by Abul Mogard and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.
