Two women enter a space. Their way of moving suggests a conversation that began a long time ago. We see them hovering, embracing absent bodies. It is not clear if these bodies are something ancient or of the present. The two women move with a sense of unity, they contaminate each other. They share bones, blood and bodies. They play a game of life and death, they imitate and are opposed; push, hold, and manipulate. We do not know yet where this game will lead them.
Dos Cuerpos takes shape from these concepts that choreographer Iratxe Ansa has been developing in the last few years:
The body. The body is what all beings share, before anything else. We are thinking beings, we feel, we communicate; we feed, live and die, all through our body. Our body is the medium through which we move, express ourselves, we identify among others. Above all we are flesh, blood, bones, skin, nails, sweat... We are our body.
// The absent body. What is it that provokes a sensation when another body is close to us, to see it move, to smell its scent? Each in his way, sharing the same base emotion, knows (without knowing) that others must feel similar to how we feel. What we feel having - or not having - a body near us, characterises us as human
// The pollution. Iratxe uses the word pollution when an idea or a feeling enters our minds / bodies and affects us so much that we begin to work differently...
Dos Cuerpos was presented as part of M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival 2015 – T.H.E Dance Company Triple Bill - From East to West
World Premiere: December 2015, M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival 2015 – T.H.E Dance Company Triple Bill - From East to West, Esplanade Theatre Studio, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Singapore
Choreography
Iratxe Ansa
Performers
Cast A
Chia Poh Hian, Anthea Seah
Cast B
Evelyn Toh, Kei Ushiroda
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