Choreographic Works
Sing the Praises of Puella Aeterna
Performers: Ditte Toppet, Naomi Rosa, Thalia Stone & Foxie
Sound Design: Diane Mahín
Styling: Agata Leszczynska
Advisors: Antonia Steffens & Vincent Riebeek
Foxie assistant: Selina Losa
She navigates the complexities of arrested development, influenced by recurring thoughts and behaviours such as psychological checking-back, repetitive compulsion, and a tendency towards escapism. She loops here, holding her in a state of perpetual adolescence and clinging to unrealistic aspirations and expectations.
In this journey of reverse-rescripting, we observe a more mature puella:
I am conscious of my entanglements.
I praise my efforts to unravel layers of attachment.
I employ various strategies to navigate my constraints.
I affirm my determination to escape the traps that have shaped me.
I appreciate my problem-solving skills.
I honour my resourcefulness in dismantling these barriers.
Through this lens, we witness the intricate interplay of growth and struggle, a relentless process of striving to release oneself from the internalised mechanisms and patriarchal structures which perpetuate destructive patterns and suffering.
This work contains suicidal references, uses a soft strobe and a live animal (dog), who will come proximal to the audience.
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