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Manon de Boer

Latifa Laâbissi

<p>Although Mary Wigman’s Witch Dance from the 1926 is considered a major work in history of German expressionism, only a fragment of the original performance survived in the form of a mere two minutes of film. A sitting dance where the performer appears to be in a trance, sometimes calmy reaching out into the void, sometimes shaken by invisible forces. This Witch Dance is the basis for a modern version called Écran Somnambule by Latifa Laâbissi, created in 2012. While Wigman appears to be chased by demons, moving in erratic, rapid bursts, the tone has now changed: In Laâbissi’s version, the movements are slowed down to a crawl, the vicious drumbeats of the original are gone, the composure is calm, controlled, sensual, contemplative. With Persona Manon der Boer has created a new film of this reenactment, or reinterpretation, of the Wigman performance in which the trance is transformed into a meditation, the eerie grimaces are subdued by an inward-looking, withdrawn countenance, and the shrill drum sounds are replaced by the faint rustle of the dancer’s snakeskin costume and the soft sounds of her breathing while the camera slowly circles the enigmatic figure. <br /> </p><p><strong>Manon de Boer</strong> creates complex film arrangements using compositions of slow-moving images with spoken words, music, ambient noise. Adding repetitions, time shifts and delays, the specific modifications of time in film and the conditions of production and repetition of the medium are a central focus in her work. She often collaborates with dancers, musicians, writers and thinkers to appear in her works. <br /> </p><p><strong>Latifa Laâbissi</strong> is a dancer and choreographer, using not only her body and face to produce performances but often adding her voice to challenge the codes of dance, departing from them and rethinking how meaning is created through movement. </p>

Audio Guide

Persona

Jan Mot

OVR: Basel

Although Mary Wigman’s Witch Dance from the 1926 is considered a ...