After he stops crying | 2007
“AFTER HE STOPS CRYING”
Solo dance piece 15’
Concept: Barbara Pereyra
Dance/voice: Barbara Pereyra
“I was just practicing crying. Running around.
I remembered him on time, reading, turning and dropping.
Just as he was, in the corner of the room, I shout to him.
I have been twice on time, the plant and the wooden floor around and around and around, just as we use to do Sundays.
Sorry! This is a drama in three acts,
The piece is ready! Now you have to choose the end.
James, James, James “
The piece was created during Summer Studios residency at PARTS/Rosas 2007. Performed during « Late Choreographers night » - Novamoves, Brussels August 2007.Recently selected to present during BLAUWDRUK performance marathon festival in Antwerpen- April 2009.Next months the piece will be also danced at Tanzfabriek in Berlin.
With the support of De Pianofabriek Kunstenwerkplaats
The piece reveals a work on the concept of TIME creating an interesting dramaturgy playing with direct/indirect speech, promoting simplicity and provoking a special interaction with the audience. Including dance, voice and text.
The piece it is an improvised piece with a floating structure that got inspiration in begin from the title of the piece “After he stops crying”. The structure can be changed in relation with the specific site and context of the presentation, not changing the essence of the piece but including other possibilities to recreate the piece ex: possible soundscape, arquitechtural space, alive music, objects etc etc…
To see the try out piece:
http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=5246496715866430339&hl=nl
Bárbara Pereyra (Buenos Aires, 1979) is an Argentine dancer/performer, who is currently residing in Brussels. A descendant of the Gauchos, it is the particular mix of Sicilian and Catalan blood which may account for her artistic nature. She grew up in Carlos Casares, a small city in the Pampas region, where also the legendary Eva ‘Evita’ Perón spent her childhood. Since 2002, she has gained recognition as a versatile performer who employs various elements in accordance with their usefulness to engage in the act of self-revelation towards absolute presence, oneness with the self, and an open, authentic encounter with the spectator. Witness her participation in the Solo Conversations Dance Collective during Brussels’ Museum Night Fever. Combining the best of all worlds, she includes multidisciplinary events in her research, creating platforms to collaborate with other artists, such as dancers, visual artists, musicians, actors and writers. She is partnered to the Belgian visual artist Filip Van Dingenen (Diest, 1975), with whom she created the artistic platform Fantaman Productions y Matelisto Contemporary Movements.
Interviewer Dr. Eric Caers (independent academic journalist)
Tour
31-08-2007 Late Night choreographers Novamoves- Brussels25-04-2009 Blauwdruk festival Antwerpen
Concept/Dance/Voice: :
Barbara Pereyra