And All That Pop
Created & Performed | Eliott Marmouset & Keren Ben Shachar
Performed at | CLOUD/Danslab, NL, 2019
Humor is a key tool we found to communicate and it allows the audience to access our world. Playing with physical and theatrical intentions (‘states’) and shifting/ transforming between them we were exploring different ways of communication.
In this piece, we were searching for the coexistence of seriousness and humor as well as oddness and normality. During the creation process we were inspired by the ambivalence that lies in communication using voice, body and intentions in contradictory ways. How a subtle smile or a distant look can change our reaction and the way the action will be perceived.
somewhere on the street or at the end of the party.
The different meetings are like resets, attempts to connect with each other.
Our bodies, so as our characters, relate in different ways.
Each of these attempts takes a new form, a different expressivity.
How do we experience an ambivalent look or an off-putting celebration of feathers and who are we for each other in this inconsistent reality?