
Hand tohand, dance–acrobatics, martial arts
A person has a shadow, but can a shadow have a person? How many people coexist inside one person? How to give life to the different sides of ourselves? How can we describe this inner struggle? And if it was a dance? Two inseparable bodies.
In this piece, metaphorical space is create that suggests that two bodies are one person. It is a physical reflection on our internal negotiations and duality. The interaction between these sometimes contradictory sides is translated into movement, into manipulation, into dance, into fight. Primarily, the emphasis is on symbiosis, on synchronism.
However, this union naturally evolves towards a desynchronization. The distance grows. There is a rupture. A confrontation. Thus, we move into duality, all the while remaining inseparable. We play with the brutality of the conflicts as well as with the subtlety and the tenderness of the cooperation. Raising issues of power; exploring the mutual support and cooperation; illustrating a sense of continuous transformation led equally by the two forces.
A story that constantly fluctuating between unity, distance, rupture, and interdependence…
