Part two of a seven-part video anthology exploring intimacy and violence through seven distinct portraits. Set within a dystopian yet poetic universe, each work examines vulnerability, desire, isolation, and the fragile boundaries between tenderness and brutality.

Lino Eckenstein is an Austrian dancer, choreographer, and director currently performing with TANZ_Kassel (Staatstheater Kassel). A graduate of Fontys Academy of the Arts in the Netherlands, they have collaborated with artists and companies including Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Cecilia Moisio, Maria Sartzetaki, and ALLEYNE Dance. As the founder of CRUELBEHAVIOR Projects, Lino creates work that embraces vulnerability, confrontation, and emotional intensity, exploring themes of gender, desire, legacy, and the complexities of the human experience.

Eden Manga-Nkoy is a French-Congolese dancer, movement director, producer, and cultural advocate. Currently completing her studies at Fontys Dance Academy in the Netherlands, she has collaborated with artists including Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Dalton Jansen, Fanny Sage, and Humanhood Dance Company. Alongside her performance career, Eden has worked as a movement director for fashion and commercial productions and previously directed the international dance event R2D Netherlands, fostering creative exchange across the dance community. Her work is rooted in musicality, resilience, and embodied storytelling, translating lived experience into emotionally resonant movement.