SHORT FORMAT CONTEMPORARY DANCE PERFORMANCE

THE TRANSLATION OF MY EYES

MANU ACU TULKOJUMS

CREATIVE TEAM:

CHOREOGRAPHER - ALISE MADARA BOKALDERE

DANCERS - LAURA KUŠĶE & JANA JACUKA

MUSIC - ILONA DZĒRVE, AURĒLIJA RANCĀNE, ASNATE RANCĀNE

PRODUCER - LAINE POLE

PHOTOS - ALVILS BIJONS, MARGARITA GERMANE, RAIMONDS KĻAVA

MAY 2018

THE PIECE IS ABOUT DEPRESSION FROM A BYSTANDER'S POINT OF VIEW. IT EXPLORES WHAT IT MEANS TO CARRY A WEIGHT QUITE LITERALLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, AND HOW THAT CHANGES THE STRENGTH OF THE PERSON CARRYING.

IT'S A REFLECTION BY THE CHOREOGRAPHER OF HER TIME SPENT GROWING UP WITH HER MOTHER WHO SUFFERS FROM BIPOLAR DEPRESSION. IT'S A AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PIECE THAT REFLECTS ON THIS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HER MOTHER AND HER MENTAL HEALTH. “

THE NARRATIVE FOLLOWS TWO DANCERS WHO PORTRAY THE EXHAUSTION OF MENTAL ILLNESS. THE DISASSOCIATION AND LOSS OF CONTROL BEING THE MAIN FOCUS, I INVITE AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO SIT WITH THIS EXPERIENCE IN ORDER TO BE MORE EMPATHETIC TOWARDS THE PEOPLE IN OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES.

THE PIECE WAS NOMINATED IN THE LATVIAN DANCE AWARDS 2018/2019 IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: CONTEMPORARY DANCE PERFORMANCE & CONTEMPORARY DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER. IT HAS BEEN SHOWCASED IN AREOWAVES SPRINGFORWARD MAGAZINE, 40WINKS.