INTERVIEW WITH TANZFAKTUR (IN ENGLISH)

Are physical impulses a means of accessing authenticity? Is disobedience a way to achieve freedom? 

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In "Suddenly, a sloth crosses the street," the theme of disobedience is explored through four distinct acts that offer different perspectives on the subject. This performance reflects on the consumerism of entertainment that prevails in today's society and critiques the exploitation of a culture that promotes virtuosic and obedient bodies. It also pays tribute to Vaslav Nijinsky's "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" as an embodiment of "(r)evolution"—the act of defying established obedience on an artistic level. The concept of disobedience is applied to various movement studies, resulting in a piece where the performers are in constant negotiation between disobedience to their movement impulses and their very function as bodies in motion. Untamed and uncontrollable, they follow only the logic of not obeying, resisting, countering, and finding alternatives. With a team of five artists, Céline Bellut explores the theme of disobedience both physically and contextually, from human and non-human perspectives, revealing other ways of living and moving.