Mobilizing the format and legacy of the cabaret genre, the Chez Michou project intertwines the image of the French singer and drag artist Michou with a poetic reflection on disorientation. The bodies on the stage activate a queer spatiality that erases the border between the inner and outer world, between abstraction and the reality of fiction. Guiding the imagination in the confusion of identity, the choreography reveals a cartography of dislocation saturated with vivid textures of objects, gestures and words. The collapse of heteronormative structures is radicalized through the possibility of flesh to oppose fixed coordinates and perform a subject that is somehow out of place. The choreographic language is associated with the mystical insights and screenwriting actions of the cult American director David Lynch. Dramaturgy supported by musical quotes from feminist and activist icons: British music diva Annie Lennox, female post-punk band Le Tigre and iconic queer synth pop ensemble Visage Chez Michou functions as an invitation to lose ourselves, celebrates the disappearing horizon and returns to the affective territories of Otherness. The performance work "Chez Michou" is accompanied by a Choreographic Object / Object called SPOMENAR / Queer Archive of feelings as its complementary, but also independent part. Both works were premiered to the public on May 26 and 27, 2024 at the Modern Dance Theater (MDT) in Stockholm as part of the graduation mini festival. works by students of the master's degree in choreography at the University of the Arts in Stockholm. (https://mdtsthlm.se/makor-mixa-xxl-deluxe-pocetak-svega-ostalog). / <p>In the text that you can find attached to the recording of the performance, a special section is dedicated to the topic "Aging in Dance".</p><p>an important and large topic that I intend to devote myself to in the future through more extensive interdisciplinary research.</p><p>And finally, in this introduction, as a person and an artist I want to show strong solidarity with all the victims of wars, violence, oppression, colonization, racism and discrimination who are currently suffering around the world.</p><p>I wish you pleasant reading and viewing!</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uniarts-1830 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Valenta, Branko |
| Publisher | Stockholms konstnärliga högskola, Institutionen för dans |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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