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WKcollective |\u00a0Portraits in Red<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

A choreography by Wanjiru Kamuyu developed with Robyn Orlin<\/h2>\n

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solo\u00a0<\/h3>\n

dance\/sculpture<\/h3>\n

Creation 2017<\/p>\n

Running time: 35 to 45 minutes<\/p>\n

Suitable to all audiences<\/span><\/p>\n

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Portraits in red<\/em> investigates and explores the idea of the dominant standard of beauty and puts in question the image of the body. The dominance of the European and US beauty and fashion industries\u2019 capitalization and globalization of a homogenized standard of beauty is the springboard for the work\u2019s research.<\/span><\/p>\n

Being born into a bi-cultural home (Kenya\/USA) and having lived on three continents (Africa, North America and Europe), Wanjiru Kamuyu continues to be intrigued by each society\u2019s general relationship to the notion of beauty and the provocation that arise around the image of the body.\u00a0 Based on the 2013 reconstruction of a 2005 solo, Spiral<\/em>, she decided to revisit the idea in collaboration with the artistic expertise of choreographer and dramaturge Robyn Orlin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her intrigue with the notion and definition of beauty coupled with the historical and current pervasive objectification and exotification of the human body, particularly female, serve as the points of inquiry into the work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Portraits in red<\/em> examines conflicting ideas, issues and challenges identified with the politics of the body such as dominance, oppression, assimilation, objectification and exotification. This is propelled by an engrained need to adapt and assimilate into a Western culturally, racially and socially biased mold of what connotes beauty.<\/span><\/p>\n

Portraits in red<\/em> is a universal narrative that is bold, brave and uncompromising in its mission.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Choreography & performance |<\/span><\/p>\n

Wanjiru Kamuyu<\/span><\/p>\n

Dramaturgy | Robyn Orlin<\/span><\/p>\n

Music (composition) | Nate May<\/span><\/p>\n

Music (arrangements) | lacrymoboy<\/span><\/p>\n

Costume conception | Robyn Orlin<\/span><\/p>\n

Costume manufacturing | Birgit Neppl<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lighting design | Cyril Mulon<\/span><\/p>\n

Art | Wangechi Mutu<\/span><\/p>\n

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Upcoming tour dates<\/h3>\n

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