The Lover

The Lover is a poetic performance about the complex coexistence of human with his surrounding nature. A lonely creature wanders around in a devoured and abandoned land. A survivor instinct and curiosity for the transformed environment drives its vulnerable body. The Lover is a reflection on our western civilisation, where an ostensible self-governing and artificial economy defines our living standards and in which the gap between human and nature increases. The moving body of Bára Sigfúsdóttir interacts with the photography and installation of Noémie Goudal. The unique choreographic language of Sigfúsdóttir meets the work of Goudal mixing illusion, scenography and photography thus obtaining surreal and poetic landscapes.

Sigfúsdóttir’s affinity towards nature goes back to her youth in Iceland where she was in contact with a basic living standard. Therefore she is very concerned by the export of natural sources and the relatively unknown consequences of commercial exploitation benefiting short-term economical purposes. The Lover portrays a character, thrown back at an instinctive mode, in surroundings where nature is completely consumed by mankind.

credits

Concept, choreography & dance: Bára Sigfúsdóttir
Concept & scenography: Noémie Goudal
Scenography: Noémie Goudal with 88888
Soundscape: Borko
Light design: Kris Van Oudenhove
Production: Curtain Call Productions
Co-production: Workspace Brussels, TAKT Dommelhof, Vooruit (in the frame of the European Network Departures and Arrivals, co-funded by the Creative Europe Program of the European Union)
With the support of wpZimmer, Dansens Hus (Stockholm), de Warande (Turnhout), De Werf (Brugge), CAMPO (Ghent) & Bora Bora (Aarhus)
Funded by the Flemish Community, the Flemish Community Commission & the French Embassy in Belgium (Service de Coopération et d’Action Culturelle / SCAC)