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Paper Doll [2005]

The chain of paper dolls we cut out as children come to life. They represent what is perfect but what is also two-dimensional. A form easily broken, held together by the thinnest strips of flesh. The line unravels, then breaks into segments, clusters, fragments. Each affect the whole constantly, consistently. The dancers are hung perpetually in a tense negotiating space of nearness and distance. They remain connected, often by time, sometimes through intention. The aim is not to dance in isolation, but in response to the dancing around you.

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Whatever I want to say, I choose the language of dance. I hope then that through this text I don’t impose meaning where it doesn’t exist. Rather, that meaning is created almost accidentally within dance.
CREDITS :
Choreography : Padmini Chettur
Music : Maarten Visser
Design : Sumant Jayakrishnan
Dancers : Krishna Devanandan
Preethi Athreya
Andrea Jacob/Ashwini Bhat/Akila Palani
Anoushka Kurien
Padmini Chettur
Co-production : Springdance, Utrecht
Grand Theatre, Groningen
KunstenFESTIVALdesArts, Brussels
SW & G, Berlin
Duration : 70 minutes
Performances :
2005
April 23, 24 : Sprindance, Utrecht
April 29, 30 : Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin
May 4, 5, 6, 7 : Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin
May 12, 13, 14, 15 : KunstenFESTIVALdesArts, Brussels
September 10 : Esplanade, Singapore
2006
August 24 : Göteburg Dance & Theatre Festival, Göteburg
October 24, 25, 26, 27 : Théâtre de la Ville, Paris
November 3, 4 : Teatri di Vita, Bologna
December 6, 7 : Lille 3000, Lille
2007
January 9 : Bharat Rang Mahotsav, Delhi
July 1 : Sommerszene, Salzburg
October 30 : Cultuurcentrum, Brugge
November 3 : Cultuurcentrum, Hasselt
November 9 : Cultuurcentrum der Werf, Aalst
November 13, 14 : Le Théâtre de Nîmes, Nîmes
2008
February 15 : Musica per Roma, Rome
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