temporary warmth

temporary warmth is Ringoet’s third work in English, its poems drift between memory and motion, capturing fleeting moments with dreamlike clarity. The verses explore the quiet intimacy and emotional depth of everyday life, from the sense of sheltering warmth to the haunting fear of absence. Disarming, introspective and subtly rebellious, this collection offers a powerful meditation on the compelling contradictions of the human experience.

Sarah Ringoet (Belgium, 1977) is a theatre director, performer and playwright living in Amsterdam. She teaches physical theatre and text at the Amsterdam University of the Arts where she also is a mentor and advisor. Ringoet’s performances have been nominated for the VSCD Mimeprijs and the BNG Nieuwe Theatermakersprijs. In 2014 STRIPPED was released, a first collection of Dutch and Flemish theatre texts, followed by M2 in 2015. In 2020 Sarah Ringoet wrote the official Dutch theatre text for Jihad for Love, based on the best-selling book A Jihad for Love by Mohamed El Bachiri and David van Reybrouck.
In 2021 NOT | STILL was published, Ringoet’s first work in English, a trilogy of raw, intimate and poetic monologues about desire and loss. In 2022 .in which dimension are we dancing was released. Ringoet’s second work in English is a collection of poems and theatre texts about darkness, solitude and the search for genuine connection.