Double Bill: LADIA/About dance, Fireflies and The end of the world as we know it
Sandra Kramerova & artists
Double Bill: LADIA/About dance, Fireflies and The end of the world as we know it
Sandra Kramerova & artistsSandra Kramerova presents her solo LADIA along with new lecture-performance
Sandra Kramerova presents her solo LADIA along with new lecture-performance About dance, Fireflies and the end of the world as we know it created with Jordi Ribot Thunnissen and Anastasia Kostner. LADIA is a solo dance fight inspired by female "superheroes" (La)ra Croft and Na(dia) Comaneci. About dance... is a dance-and-spoken word performance linking the poetics of Dance to the ongoing crisis of Modernity.
Program
On March 9th Work in progress showing of About Dance, Fireflies and the end of the world as we know it - € 5,-
On March 16th Premiere of Double Bill: LADIA/About Dance, Fireflies and the end of the world as we know it - € 10,-
LADIA
What is hidden behind all the hours of sweat and hard work required for a female athlete to reach perfection? Abused by constant struggle for flawlessness and external approval, Ladia (Sandra Kramerova) denies herself as human, but the exhaustion and her human limits finally catch up to her. A solo dance fight inspired by female "superheroes" (La)ra Croft and Na(dia) Comaneci. Ladia is a woman who dedicates all her effort to win the game, where the only game is to win over herself.
About dance, Fireflies and the end of the world as we know it
is a dance-and-spoken word presentation linking the poetics of Dance to the long, present and ongoing crisis of Modernity. Modernity is here understood as the three-hundred-years-long period covering the western obsession with design, production and management of waste. Text and movement are interwoven to build up a multi-sensorial performance, both intellectually engaging and visually stimulating. The text of the lecture – based on recently published essays on sociology, aesthetics, philosophy, and dance theory – suggest that to prevent the Western world from yet another cyclical crisis of Modernity, we need to reinvent ourselves. In order to do that, we need imagination. Dance is the paramount example of uselessness. All that sweat... for what? Dance can trigger imagination. In its elusive openness, it invites us to connect. Therefore, Dance can change the world. This piece can change the world.
Credits LADIA
Concept, dans, choreografie: Sandra Kramerova
Muziek: Jon Lloyd
Premiere: December 2016 NY
Credits About dance, fireflies and the end of the world as we know it
Concept: Sandra Kramerova, Jordi Ribot Thunnissen
Regie, choreografie: Sandra Kramerova
Tekst: Jordi Ribot Thunnissen
Dans: Anastasia Kostner, Sandra Kramerova, Jordi Ribot Thunnissen
Kostuums: Hayley Adams
Muziek: Jon Lloyd and others
Tickets are € 5 for March 9th and € 10 for March 16th