Écran Somnambule by Latifa Laâbissi
Latifa Laâbissi’s solo dance Écran somnambule is a reinterpretation of Mary Wigman’s Witch Dance from 1926, based on the 1.40 min existing film excerpt of Wigmans seminal piece. Latifa Laâbissi has chosen to address the question of re-enactment as part of her process of choreographic creation and has plunged deep inside the symbolic archaeology of the work, slowing it down to 31 minutes and distorting it. The dance, once detached from its initial foundation, now distended and metabolised, shows us an extraordinary shape: a body bowed completely backwards, arms extended, head blown back, face turned to the sky, a body transformed by an interpretation which stretches time as if driven by an invisible power.
Costume design and concept by Nadia Lauro.
This event is part of Acting Out Nottingham: a festival across venues in Nottingham April-May 2015 including performance, moving image, exhibitions, music and discussions bringing together the arts and mental health. A collaboration with The University of the Arts, London.