A performance on the politics of the body in which choreographer and dancer Ioana Marchidan cuts short the collective body memory, identifying and bringing to the surface deep-rooted gestures, in order to unravel and decompose them into an abstract choreography. This cataloguing and re-editing of the memory of submission, the suppression and repression of the meanings of gestures integrates the audience as a participant in the dialogue, as a submissive observer. Choosing to construct the discourse in this way, a bare back in a space that oscillates between dark halo and transparent walls, implies vulnerability. And vulnerability implies an assumed fragility, which allows to focus the message on the essence: the destructive force of the abuse of power.
Reverse Discourse
Company: Linotip Centru Independent Coregrafic
Length: 30′
Category: Dance
Origin: Romanie
Cast: Ioana Marchidan (author, director and performer); Hermina Stanciulescu (light design); Alexandru Suciu (music); Arcadie Rusu (Tour manager)
Linotip Centru Independent Coreografic was co-founded in 2016 and designed to be a space for production and education through contemporary dance, supporting the development of a large number of local and international artists. Over the years the center’s activity grew exponentially and with it the number of local and international collaborations.