"in pieces" “The body becomes a stranger to itself, hands forget where they are, feet lose their step, gestures dissolve in mid-action.” What the renowned theatre-maker and director of the British dance company “Forced Entertainment” has to say with regard to his collaboration with dancer Fumiyo Ikeda sounds disturbing: this body is in great danger. Ikeda has been a member of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s “Rosas” since its establishment in 1983. Etchells is an ardent admirer of hers and now also a collaborator. The starting point of the two artists working together are images of language by Franz Kafka, such as about books that leave scars, which is why they must be read in order to break up “the ice of the frozen seas within our bodies”.