Robyn Orlin
’in a corner the sky surrenders – unplugging archival journeys… # 1 (for nadia ❣️)…’
© ’in a corner the sky surrenders – unplugging archival journeys… # 1 (for nadia ❣️)…’, Robyn Orlin © Francois Kohl ©
© ’in a corner the sky surrenders – unplugging archival journeys… # 1 (for nadia ❣️)…’, Robyn Orlin © Francois Kohl ©
© ’in a corner the sky surrenders – unplugging archival journeys… # 1 (for nadia ❣️)…’, Robyn Orlin © Francois Kohl ©
Design, Robyn Orlin
Featuring Nadia Beugré
Lights contribution, Romain de Lagarde
Costumes, Birgit Neppl
Décor reconstruction, Annie Tolleter
Live music and sound, Cedrik Fermont
Diffusion, Damien Valette
Coordination, Louise Bailly
Technical director, Beatriz Kaysel Velasco e Cruz
Produced by City Theatre & Dance Group, Damien Valette Prod
Co-produced (ongoing) by Festival Montpellier Danse, Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse (Paris)
Co-directed by Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse (Paris); Festival d’Automne à Paris
With project support from the Ministry of Culture, Drac Île-de-France
With support from Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
On the corner of a street, when someone’s life is turned upside-down and the sky loses control… Robyn Orlin’s founding solo, first performed in New York in a cardboard box, is the subject of a revival by a vibrant, gifted performer. It provides audiences with the opportunity to discover a lesser-known side of this rebellious, frequently outrageous choreographer’s work.
In 1994, Robyn Orlin, a recent graduate in dramatic and visual arts at the Art Institute of Chicago, decided to spend a few months in New York. Struck by the presence of homeless people she encountered on Lower East Side, she devised a show, dedicated to them, which was performed inside an empty cardboard box for a refrigerator. Mixing actions, movements and dance with her « Fourth Dimension » studies in art in Chicago, the piece was a turning point in terms of her onstage work. Indeed, in a corner… remained present in the recesses of her mind, only to suddenly reappear during the period of self-isolation in 2020 - symbolic, perhaps, of a switch to survival mode. The idea came to her of passing on this act of aesthetic disobedience to the dancer and choreographer, Nadia Beugré. The latter embodies the spirit of rebellion and energy that characterised the young Robyn Orlin.
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