Running time: 45 minutes
Figure This is the third in a series of solo pieces, following Test and Still, based on the premise of waiting. Waiting, in all degrees of ambiguity, is experienced by everyone every day. In these pieces the performer is referred to as the figure. Her presence is at once both immediate and distant as she is placed in relation to time, space, sound, object & filmed image. The carefully deliberated juxtapositions of the various elements forming these works create space for individual experiences to arise.
Figure This aims to place the figure under closer observation, unveiling newly found aspects of her presence. The figure moves through a series of choreographic acts that sees her pushed to extremes. These acts are compulsive and enduring, they commence and end without warning leaving the figure suspended in periods of “not doing”. It is precisely in these gaps of “not doing’ that the figure is revealed and a sense of closeness can be felt.
FIGURE THIS is a New Territories 09 commission co-produced by Les Halles, Brussels, as part of A Space For Live Art. Additional funding & support from Scottish Arts Council Choreographic Fellowship Award, CCA, Dance Base, The Work Room, Dance House, Tramway, Oblivia and Balance.