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The Pyre: taut, disruptive performance by Gisele Vienne @HollandFestival

Holland Festival
Anyone suffering from the misconception that dance is about beauty is mercilessly disabused of the dream by Gisele Vienne. Her pieces are about pain. Sometimes gory and explicit, sometimes sublimated but no less powerful. The Pyre is an overwhelming piece that leaves the audience dizzy.
In een duister decor, een tunnel van buizen met LED-lampen, begint danseres Anja Röttgerkamp aan haar performance: op de grond, haar voor het gezicht, moelijk zichtbaar maar met een inten...

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Helen Westerik

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Helen Westerik is a film historian and great lover of experimental films. She teaches film history and researches the body in art.View Author posts

Holland Festival
Anyone suffering from the misconception that dance is about beauty is mercilessly disabused of the dream by Gisele Vienne. Her pieces are about pain. Sometimes gory and explicit, sometimes sublimated but no less powerful. The Pyre is an overwhelming piece that leaves the audience dizzy.
In een duister decor, een tunnel van buizen met LED-lampen, begint danseres Anja Röttgerkamp aan haar performance: op de grond, haar voor het gezicht, moelijk zichtbaar maar met een inten...

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