In StM the border between performer and spectator is not a divide but an opening. Here the borderland is a place to talk about the evasive. It is a space that pulses, yields and gives the spectator’s gaze a body.
StM is a solo by Ofelia Jarl Ortega from 2019, where she examines the dramaturgy of the gaze as choreographic material, where the dancer’s voluntary objectification questions the participation of the observer.
In StM – a version, she approaches the topic from another body, still confirming the gaze’s potential as a tool of power. In StM – a version, the same format is at play when the dancer Paolo de Venecia Gile brings new power dynamics at stake, triggering additional readings to the work. By insisting on the format, the core inscribed in the original piece is translated from one performer to the other, allowing new dynamics and interrelations to arise on different surfaces.
TRAILER StM – a version
Premiere 12 October 2022, Dansens Hus, Stockholm
Credits
Concept, choreography, music, set design Ofelia Jarl Ortega
Dance, choreography Paolo de Venecia Gile
Costume Erik Annerborn
Lighting design Christoffer Lloyd, Ofelia Jarl Ortega
Dramaturge Frida Sandström (StM, 2019)
Music advisor Tami T
Photo Natan Gullström
Producer Terry Johnson (Johnson & Bergsmark)
Co-production Inkonst, (Malmö), MDT (Stockholm), Arsenic, Centre d’art scénique contemporain (Lausanne)
Residency support Arsenic (Lausanne), Danscentrum Syd (Malmö)
Supported by The Swedish Arts Council. Part of Life Long Burning – Towards a sustainable Eco-System for Contemporary Dance in Europe project (2018-2022) supported by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union
Paolo de Venecia Gile (b. 1994, they/he) is a Swedish-Filipino artist residing in Copenhagen. They hold a degree in dance and choreography from Scenekunstskolen and are active in Dance Cooperative, a platform and workspace in Copenhagen for intersectional feminist and choreographic practice. They work promiscuously as performer in works signed by Ofelia Jarl Ortega, Adriano Wilfert Jensen, Emilie Gregersen, Jules Fischer among others. Their primary interest focuses on the migration, translation and transformation of dance(s) across circumstances. http://lavapaolo.wordpress.com