Can a small dance change the world – Piny

Can a small dance change the world explores cultural dynamics in post-colonial societies, highlighting the importance of bodily expression and dance as forms of resistance, celebration and cultural intersections.
Piny explores in depth the past and present of dance, from the perspective of non-academic forms and their relationship with traditional and folk dances. She draws inspiration from street culture and clubbing in (sub)urban environments, from the perspective of different diasporas, decolonialism, queerness, tradition, futurism and institutional presences.
Piny seeks to examine the links between people, dances and their political and social contexts. She aims to link geographies and history by researching and highlighting theoretical, practical and utopian differences and similarities.

She explores themes of post-colonialism and Afrofuturism, and reflects on the space and moment within a performance. This project aims to re-centre the peripheries, to create bridges between lost ancestral lands and to create pluralistic content, a narrative space that is not just for white people and that is not Euro-centred.

CI-GÎT – Léo Gras

CI-GÎT is a reflection on the body, in its nature as object or subject, a contemplation of possible bodily metamorphoses, subject to the gaze of others. It is a questioning of the very act of consenting to the movement and gesture of demonstrating a body. It is a reflection on the gaze of the other, as the seat of existence and acceptance, conditioning being and becoming. To exist is to be looked at.
To desire the gaze of others as much as to flee it.We both crave it and refuse it. In an abysmal sense of meaninglessness.

La voix humaine — Rhiannon Morgan & Mária Devitzaki

Rhiannon Morgan and Mária Devitzaki’s version of La Voix Humaine subtly weaves Jean Cocteau’s powerful text and Francis Poulenc’s evocative melodies with dance and video to explore the depths of the human soul. At the heart of this production is the character ‘Elle’, who takes us through the twists and turns of love, loss, manipulation, grief, loneliness and the innate need for human connection. Through her feminine gaze, we discover the raw emotions and vulnerabilities of a woman deeply affected by a complex relationship. The movements harmonise with the voice and music, creating a total experience. Thanks to this multi-faceted approach, this creation transcends cultural and temporal boundaries, allowing everyone to identify with and relate to the work.