The Shedding
Elise Reine (NO/DK)
An experimental circus piece exclusively for adults.
I bend, I bend, I bend How far? I bend into your imagination
I'm the snake woman, the slug
I contort
I twist
My tongue can lick every part of my own body
Covered in mucus, slime I can crawl into any hole
THE SHEDDING is about changing skin, changing life, and looking for the love of death. The piece is created in a way where the audience face each other facing the performer: The performance is bifrontal. The performers body in different skins is in the middle. Her flesh. Her thoughts, Her madness.
Elise Reine is presenting a contemporary circus/performance/art/theatre/dance piece questioning the sexualization of the contortionism and the romantic image of violence against women.
A claustrophobic rebellion against the comfort of dehumanization played out in all its vulgar absurdity in a one-woman-show.
ABOUT ELISE BJERKELUND REINE
Elise Bjerkelund Reine is a circus performer and performance creator based in Copenhagen. She is educated in Denmark and France, and in addition to creating her own works and participating in performances, she is the artistic director of Feral Festival.
CREDITS
CONCEPT & PERFORMER: Elise Bjerkelund Reine
TEXT: Kajsa Bohlin
SCENOGRAPHY, LIGHTING & SOUND DESIGN: Hjalmar Nilsson
OUTSIDE EYE: Marcelo Nunes
PROPS: Jessica Bly
MAKE UP & WIGS: John Hanna.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Klara G
Created in collaboration with: Östgötateatern
