(Black) Ribbon Dance is a dance or resistance, in dialogue with a text that uncompromisingly points at the core issues of neoliberal representative governance in Covid-19 times.
(Black) Ribbon Dance is a version of Frédéric Gies Ribbon dance. The original piece consisted in a celebratory dance to techno music. For this new version, which was created in April 2021, after a year of pandemic, the original techno soundtrack is replaced by a recording of The manufacture of our dressage – a text written by Gies during the spring 2021, which reflects on political issues revealed by the current health crisis. The celebratory and voluptuous dance of the original piece becomes a dance of resistance, as it clashes and dialogues with the text that uncompromisingly points at the core issues of neoliberal representative governance in Covid-19 times. Doing away with the great divide between the essential and the non-essential which has defined our lives during the last two years, it claims back the spaces in which we collectively make sense with our lives and where democratic debate can take place.
Dance / Choreography / Text: Frédéric Gies
Photo: Thomas Zamolo
Produced by Dance is ancient. Dance is ancient is supported by The Swedish Arts council and the city of Malmö.
Language: englisch
Duration: 60 min.
