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At the same time we were pointing a finger at you, we realized we were pointing three at ourselves...
A piece by Robyn Orlin
Performed by the Dancers of Compagnie Jant-Bi (Germaine Acogny, Artistic Director)
Assistant Choreographer Shush Ténin
Lighting by Laïs Foulc
Video by Aldo Lee
Costumes by Birgit Neppl
Scenography by Robyn Orlin, in Collaboration with Maciej Fiszer
Provocative South African choreographer Robyn Orlin returns to Peak Performances after the success of 2011’s exuberant Walking next to our shoes… For her latest work, she joins forces with Germaine Acogny’s famed Compagnie Jant-Bi, a touchstone of new and traditional African dance in Dakar, to investigate the charged and often taboo issue of the human body itself. Questioning standards of ugliness and beauty, illness and health, Orlin places the body itself at the heart of the debate, revealing the range of pressures to which it is subjected, especially in the African context.
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70 minutes, no intermission.
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A production of City Theatre and Dance Group, Damien Vallette, producer. Co-produced by La Halle aux Grains, Scène nationale de Blois; Festival Rayons Frais, Tours; L’Opéra de Lille; Le Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Les Treize Arches, Scène conventionnée de Brive; Les Théâtres de la ville de Luxembourg. Additional production support is provided by Région Centre (France). École des Sables provided a residency at Toubab Dialaw for the work’s development.