exploded goo

“A friendly warning: it is possible you will come and find a head looking at its own ass from afar, one big belly, a flashing pair of tiny eyes giving a dirty look, nails that don’t work anymore, a biting stingy lip that makes an annoying sound, a dance performed for the imaginary cat, and a robot leg kicking.”

Exploded Goo is a choreography that tries to assemble a monster in real time. It is inspired by cut-outs in photomontages and made of exploded parts of the dance, movements, gestures, images and meanings. It is a personal wish to challenge a normative and linear perception of a dancer’s body on stage by reclaiming a monstrous one, a body of many, a body in-between.

“An intentionally strange and physically demanding routine begins, which aims to transform the performer’s naked female body into a desexualized organic object, somehow in contrast (or not) with the series of mechanical noises, beeps and rattles – a deliberate challenge to our gaze, and a disruption of inscribed meanings. Heavy breathing and the crackle of the tape sticking to the floor add to the soundscape.”