WoMAN & WOMAN 1.1
About the performance:
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WoMAN & WOMAN 1.1 are two new solo works presented as a double program. Nominated for a Reumert Award in the category for best dance performance in Denmark in 2017. Side by side they blend performance, physical theatre and dance into a wild and visual experience. The performances are created in collaboration with two contrasting performers. Both works are based on the subject of femininity.
WoMAN is a transformative solo created and performed by Andreas Constantinou. This poetic work uses a rich visual language to invoke a lucid landscape of feminine architypes. From the virgin to the crone, between animal and human, images unfold as the performer morphs inside an intimate setting of petals and grass. Set to an original music score and created in collaboration with the dutch composser Marlou Vriens, the music fills the theatre with ghoestly echoes that shift between divine choir like melodies and atmospheric soundscapes. WoMAN is a visually powerful solo work that sees one male performer embark on a quest to find his own feminine self.
WOMAN 1.1: is a performance in constant flux, as it invites different performers from diverse sexual and gender identities to take on the role of solo performer in order to question and challenge what femininity means to them.
Within its unique structure, each solo performer is invited into the process to devise, re-interpret and re-work artistic material in a set and structured “play space” to assert new questions and add to an ongoing artistic gender discourse around topics of femininity.
WOMAN 1.1 is an uncompromising protest performance and an artistic manifestation against the constraints of feminine stereotypes re-devised, re-questioned and performed by queer feminist performer Alice Tatge.
WOMAN in its first rendition premiered in 2016 and was performed and devised in collaboration with trans performer Daniel Mariblanca. In the future himherandit will invite more solo performers into the process in order to identify each individual’s relationship to questions surrounding notions of femininity and queer identity, becoming an active manifestation and public protest against preconceptions of gender and identity of any kind.
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Please note: In relation to "WoMAN & WOMAN" ten young people have created the exhibition "Talking Genders", which you can see before every performance - from 18:00. Entrance to the exhibition is free.
Read more about Talking GENDERS Youth Exhibition here
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)
Bikubenfond
Teatri Di Vita, Bologna, Italy
CAST & CREW
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Choreographer/Director: Andreas Constantinou
Devising Performers:
WoMAN: Andreas Constantinou
WOMAN 1.1: Alice Tatge
WOMAN: Daniel Mariblanca
Costume: Andreas Constantinou
Light Design: Jeppe Cohrt
Live sound: Jeppe Cohrt
Original Compositions by: Marlou Vriens
Tour Technician: Jeppe Cohrt
Creative Consultants: Noelia Mora Solvez, Jeppe Nilsen, Aline Sanchez, Dagmara Bilon
Sound Credits: Nisi Dominus, Yom&the wonder rabbits, Stavros Gasparatos
Nominated in the category for Best Dance Performance of the Year 2017 by the prestigious Reumert awards in Denmark.
Trailer: WOMAN 1.1, performed by Alice Tatge 2018
Trailer: WoMAN, performed by Andreas Constantinou
Trailer: WOMAN 1.0, performed by Daniel Mariblanca 2016-2017
