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FILM / VIDEO - INSTALATION VERSIONS I - IV 

By  : Céline Bellut ​

Version IV VIDEO " I WON'T GO TO HEAVEN"

together with the artist Peter Haas

PREMIERE "Zeitzeug" Festival Online edition - 26th to 29th Nov. 2020

Version III 

together with the video artist Peter Haas  

PREMIERE "Ateliers" in PACT Zollverein, Essen - 30th of November 2018

Performed in "The artists are present" in Quartier am Hafen, Cologne 16th of June 2019  

in "Explosive" Festival, Bremen - 23th and 24th May 2019

Version II 

Performed in "Fünfzhenminuten" Festival in StudioBuhneKöln - February 2019

"Freie Performance Kultur #4", Cologne - Dezember 2018

"Crazy Monday"  Cologne - December 2017 

Version I

Obtain the 3dr prize at the competition "Das Beste Deutsche Tanzsolo" euro-scene Leipzig - November 2017

"The third prize goes to Celine Bellut from Cologne, that changes abruptly from a turning dizziness triggering the audience to minimal movement patters. The jury praises the Frenchwoman for her independent dance language and the break with expectations".   (translated from German) Dimo Riess - LVZ Kulturredaktion

credit picture : Dirk Rose

At the heart of this video installation live performance, Céline Bellut engages in a series of mechanical and technical rotations, executed at a dizzying speed, synchronized with the frantic rhythm of punk music from the former Yugoslavia. She immerses herself in whirling movements, exploring the mechanization of the body in opposition to the spontaneity of the music. The performance questions and critiques the idea of bodily perfectionism, a concept deeply rooted in her journey as a dancer and omnipresent in contemporary society.

 

By integrating video capture, she deliberately highlights the contrast between the pursuit of perfect choreography and her own humanity, marked by imperfection. The filmed sequences reveal her mistakes and fluctuations to the audience, creating a poignant reflection on the societal pressure to achieve physical perfection. This solo becomes a bold statement in favor of embracing failure and imperfection, challenging rigid norms of physical perfectionism while celebrating the beauty of striving toward it.

A body that moves is a body that dances, no one has the legitimacy to name what is and is not a body suitable for dancing. Follow boredom without judgement. Cultivate empathy to create connections.  Don’t be afraid of radical ideas, but don't chase radicality. The human experience is universal. Condemn the inaccessible. Do not create in order to place yourself above the one receiving your work, art is not a celebration of its creators.  Challenge

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