'The hidden identity behind the physical form of femininity. Women referred as the incarnation of seduction, sensuality, beauty,... Male Gaze, Male chase. We can be Feminine, we can be Human, we can be Nature. It can be desired and loved, it can be rejected and feared. And she feels desired through your eyes. Is this an illusion of validation? She is here for you and her, she is alone. But solitude can be disturbing. But the mass can be invasive. she appears in front of an angry stranger, a repressed self, waiting to shed from her image. And there she stand with misery in front of what seems eternity for herself. See Femininity as the moon of the sky, the light of the obscurity rather than the shadow of the sun, the tentacules of the dark.
At the end we are all onions, you’ll see why.'
An extract from this solo received Two prices at the Brussels Dance Contest 2023: First Prize Performance and the Special Peeping Tom Award. It is a development of the video project 'Hiddentity' a collaboration with Impermanence Dance Company, presented at the Brussels international dance film festival in 2022 and staged in Germany at Studio Pro Arte in 2022.
Extract of ‘Hiddentity’ live performance at Studio Pro Arte throwback July 2021!
HIDDENTITY explores the representation of the woman in our society. The hidden identity behind the physical form of femininity.
Woman referred as the incarnation of femininity, seduction, sensuality, beauty,...
Male Gaze, Male chases.
The hidden identity is beyond the gaze. There you will appreciate the soul stripped from its form. You will find the free spirit.
But we can be Feminine, we can be Human, we can be Nature.
Femininity is present everywhere and in everyone. It can be desired and loved , it can be rejected and feared. But it exists.
See Femininity as the moon of the sky, the light of the obscurity rather than the shadow of the sun, the tentacules of the dark.
This film is in collaboration with Impermanence Dance for the project DECADE.
You can check it here or https://youtu.be/drmKi0zFb1I
Direction, Video edition & choreography :
Olivia Grassot
Performers:
Olivia Grassot, Wilfrid Grassot
Film:
Zoé Hardy
Music:
J'arrive à la ville (Lhasa de Sala)
Heart Of Glass (Blondie)