Gosia Mielech
ART Habens
Now let ' s focus on your art production: I would start from your extremely interesting work entitled We Bleed The Same Color that our readers have already started to get to know in the introductory pages of this article: I would suggest our readers to visit your website directly at http:// www. dancelab. eu in order to get a wider idea of it as well as of your current artistic production. In the meanwhile, would you tell us something about the genesis of this piece? What was your initial inspiration?
Shi Pratt’ s( choreographer of the piece) initial inspiration was a social interaction, closeness and intimacy between individuals. The creative process was truly interesting. We were given very detailed, surprising tasks, that we individually or jointly were dealing with. For instance, Shi gave us a map of a sewage system in New York – we were supposed to choose one of the routes for ourselves and then transform these paths into movements, making a duet with another dancer who picked a different route. So we were faced with a goal; we had to find a connection between a very real thing: a New York’ s sewage system map and our interpretation of it in conjunction with a partner. Shi was watching us for hours in total silence, she saw us struggling, being stuck in one spot, failing but all the time progressing and learning about one another. An other example in the performance: there is a scene called‘ hunt’. It is a very intimate and yet quite strong in meaning, part of the piece. It is about changing stories and shifting between extreme emotions. One time you’ re yielding, then you’ re attacking. It ' s a sweet and bitter game. Basically Shi was leading us through movement and a mental rollercoaster and pushing us to experiment with our limitations. We Bleed The Same Color creates a hermetic, isolated reality in which we play different parts; we hunt, seduce, protect, dominate and dream. In the piece we play with arousing, disrupting connection and intimacy to highlight the ways in which we form social connections.
As you have remarked, We Bleed The Same Color explores the differences and similarities of how we understand and experience situations in relation to each other and what has mostly impacted on me of this wonderful piece if the
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