The WOMANhouse / ReDoing GENDER 1.5
Double Programme
ABOUT
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The WOMANhouse & ReDoing GENDER 1.5: are two award winning performances presented as a double program. Side by side they blend dance, theatre and performnance art into a wild and entertaining visual experience. Bold and dar- ing they tackle themes of gender and mascu- linity from two contrasting perspectives that will most certainly leave you thinking.
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The WOMANhouse sees four powerfully athletic female performers transform themselves into men. Acting like typical blokes - with beards and all - they stir up fights and frenzy. Questioning masculinity in female bodies, they tear up stereotypical ideas about what it is to be a man - and about what female bodies might do. Tender, aggressive, sexy, blurry - this show crosses all the lines.
In 2015 The WOMANhouse was awarded by The Danish Arts Foundation and is selected as one of the twenty Aerowaves performances for 2016.
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ReDoing GENDER 1.5: In this solo Constantinou challenges patriarchal masculinities in a measure to question normative and non normative male gender roles. From classical sculptures of male ideals, a gender confused ape, feminized frolics, a box headed individual, to a full blown crying baby with a mans body. ReDoing GENDER is filled with intense imagery that displays one mans search for an identity amid the gaze of a patriarchal society.
In 2014 ReDoing GENDER was awarded by The Danish Arts Foundation, naming Constantinou as an exciting emerging artist in Denmark.
Contains adult themes and nudity. Suitable for 16+
Year of production: 2015
CO-PRODUCERS / SUPPORTERS
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BORA BORA - dans og visuelt teater, Aarhus, Denmark
Danseværket, Aarhus, Denmark
Statens Kunstråd (The Danish Arts Council)
Aarhus Kommune (Aarhus Arts Council)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, UK
Warehouse9, Copenhagen, Denmark
CAST & CREW
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Choreographer/Director: Andreas Constantinou
Performers: Andreas Constantinou, Miryam Garcia Mariblanca, Hilde Sandvold, Sofia Karlsson,
Sarah Armstrong
Costume: Andreas Constantinou
Hair and Design: Michael Cornege
Light Design: Peer Mariboe
Tour Technician: Jeppe Corht
Creative Consultants: Noelia Mora Solvez, Jeppe Nilsen
Sound Credits: Antonio Vivaldi - The four seasons, Nisi Dominus & Stabat Mater, Nirvana:
Smells like teen spirit, Chopin: Nocturne No2, Death Token: Death Scene, PJ Harvey: Seagulls, The Voice: Andreas Constantinou
