Mistermissmissmister
2017 - Director : Centre national de la danse, Réalisation
Choreographer(s) : Borralho, Ana (Portugal)
Present in collection(s): Centre national de la danse , CN D - Spectacles et performances
Video producer : Centre national de la danse
Integral video available at CND de Pantin
Mistermissmissmister
2017 - Director : Centre national de la danse, Réalisation
Choreographer(s) : Borralho, Ana (Portugal)
Present in collection(s): Centre national de la danse , CN D - Spectacles et performances
Video producer : Centre national de la danse
Integral video available at CND de Pantin
Mistermissmissmister
A performance by Ana Borralho & João Galante
Mistermissmissmister is a performative project based on the erotic imaginary. Questioning the asymmetries that regulate the social identities and the definitions of male/female, Mistermissmissmister means to cause strong emotions in the viewer by confronting him/her with characters whose bodies are extremely exposed and that show a very obvious gender/sexual ambiguity. The 3 performers (two men and a woman) are totally naked and their heads transformed through characterization and make-up so that each one has a different gender from the body he or she belongs to.
Performance for 3 viewers at each time: sitting face to face to the 3 performers, the public establishes a very intimate (almost loving) and direct relationship with the performers (eye to eye), with no words and for an undetermined period, while they listen, repeatedly, to a love song with headphones (each viewer listens to his own song). It is the viewer who defines the time of the performance, the kind of relationship (by choosing a certain performer) and the moment he/she gets up and cuts off the dynamics, leaving place to another viewer. All other viewers are put waiting for a sit on the sofa, and, as in a voyeuristic game, they are free to watch the performance and the relationships established by others from the outside, choosing to later participate in the performance or not.
Borralho, Ana
Depuis 2002, Ana Borralho & João Galante développent une œuvre protéiforme, détournant et mélangeant les genres, utilisant la performance, la danse, le son ou la vidéo pour introduire du trouble dans les catégories représentatives : celles de public et d’interprète, d’homme et de femme, de réel et de fiction. Chacun de leurs projets met en place un véritable « dispositif social », débordant les frontières de la scène pour exposer des parcelles de réalité, comme dans Atlas en 2011, ou Trigger of Happiness, leur dernière création.
Centre national de la danse, Réalisation
Since 2001, the National Center for Dance (CND) has been making recordings of its shows and educational programming and has created resources from these filmed performances (interviews, danced conferences, meetings with artists, demonstrations, major lessons, symposia specialized, thematic arrangements, etc.).
Mistermissmissmister
Artistic direction / Conception : Ana Borralho & João Galante
Interpretation : Ana Borralho, João Galante, Antonia Buresi
Other collaborations : Maquillage Jorge Bragada
Production / Coproduction of the choreographic work : Production et diffusion Andrea Sozzi Mistermissmissmister a été également présenté le 29/09/2017 à minuit dans le cadre de A Sparkling Dark Undergound, une proposition du CN D pour Le Silencio. Production casaBranca. Coproduction Centro Cultural de Belém, Eira, wid.lov. Spectacle créé en 2002 au Petit Bazar Erotic, Lisbonne. Spectacle réservé aux plus de 18 ans
Duration : 131 minutes
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