ANTHROPOPHOBIA (2021) 60 minutes
Synopsis, Tech Rider, Program notes
Company: Marianela Boán Danza
Country: Cuba/Dominican Republic
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SYNOPSIS
A solo performance dance, theater, and video show about the confinement of the Coronavirus and its consequences on the body and mind of human beings and nature. During the confinement of the Coronavirus pandemic, I made a series of CoreoVideos or videos from the choreographer's perspective, filmed and danced by myself, to explore the sensations of this extraordinary situation, and as the only way to continue creating and presenting dance. The one-man show “Anthropophobia” incorporates the presence of a live dancer into these videos. The conflict between virtuality and presence manifests itself here in the tension between a living, raw, and vulnerable body that dances with a virtual, canned, and contagion-free body. The virtual body becomes the only possible partner. The real body can become sick, while the canned body is unchanged. Both support each other by sharing the scene to express the new limitations of the body and space, the uncertainties and desires, the profound changes in social and family rituals, and the fears or phobias with which we now live.
TECH RIDER
-Show for a room or small theater.
-The back wall of the stage must be painted white or have a white cyclorama or screen for video projection.
-A projector will be on the proscenium floor projecting the image towards the back of the stage throughout the play. The company carries the projector, the computer, and the HDMI cable that connects both devices.
-The projector must be 6 meters away from the background, and the image must have a minimum size of 4 meters wide by 3 meters high.
-The lighting is minimal and must be mainly lateral and overhead so as not to affect the image.
-We need dance linoleum for the floor or a wooden floor in optimal condition.
-A small bench.
-Assembly and disassembly time approximately 12 hours
DOSSIER
The work has been presented in Portugal at the Alentejo International Theater Festival (FITA, May 2021) with 5 presentations in different cities in the region, two presentations at the Cultural Center of Spain in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in November 2021 and two presentations at DOCUMENTA 2022, Kassel, Germany in September 2022.
PROGRAM NOTES
A solo performance dance, theater, and video show.
During the confinement of the Coronavirus pandemic, I made a series of CoreoVideos or videos from the choreographer's perspective, filmed and danced by myself, to explore the sensations of this extraordinary situation, and as the only way to continue creating and presenting dance. The one-man show “Anthropophobia” incorporates the presence of a live dancer into these videos.
The conflict between virtuality and presence appears here in the tension between a living, raw, and vulnerable body that dances with a virtual, canned, and contagion-free body. The virtual body becomes the only possible partner. The real body can become sick, while the canned body is unchanged. Both support each other by sharing the scene to express the new limitations of the body and space, the uncertainties and desires, the profound changes in social and family rituals, and the fears or phobias with which we now live.
General Director, ChoreoVideography, and Concept: Marianela Boán
Choreography: Marianela Boán and Daymé Del Toro
General Advice : Alejandro Aguilar
Real Dancer: Daymé Del Toro
Virtual dancer: Marianela Boán
Virtual actors: Alejandro Aguilar and Miriam Campuzano
Texts: The Plague by Albert Camus