Dry Dances was thought of as a method to generate physical material for Jaczewska's upcoming performance BRUT that is based on the brutalist architecture of Le Corbusier and the brutalist architecture of Central-Eastern Europe which, compared to the expressive work with concrete of Le Corbusier, was mainly focused on functionality and neutrality. 

  

Dry Dances start from Jaczewska's fascination to the intentional simplicity and radical approach to form specific to brutalist architecture. While researching brutalism as architectural genre, Jaczewska created a series of drawings based on Spomeniks - memorials built between 1950s-1990s in former Yugoslavia, as well as on selected works of the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier.

Created drawings serve as choreographic scores for Dry Dances. 

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Additionally to the physical translation of the sketched scores, Dry Dances looked at and questioned Le Corbusier’s own devised system of measurements and proportions:The Modular. With its ambition to reconcile maths, the human form, architecture and beauty into a single  harmonious system, the Modular placed a 183 cm tall, 'attractive' male body at the centre of all his architectural compositions. While introducing this system, Le Corbusier consciously excluded measurements of female and children’s bodies as he considered them to be a source of disproportion and disharmony.

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Choreography and concept: Kinga Jaczewska, 

Created with and performed by: Anne - Lene Noldler and Maisie Woodford.

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Costumes: Ellada Damianou

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Thanks to: Extra City Kunsthal, Kaap, workspace brussels, Wp Zimmer, kunstcentrum Nona, c o r s o and Morpho. 

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Upcoming dates: 

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 December Dans, Brugge, 7/12/2024 

 

Past dates:

 

- 'The Image Generator' festival/ September 2023/ Antwerp

presented by Maisie Woodford and Anne - Lene Noldner. /

 (photo gallery and info)

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- 'Beyond the Black Box' festival May 2024/ Antwerpen ,

presented by Maisie Woodford, Anne - Lene Noldner and Kinga Jaczewska

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