MODAFE, International Spark Place #1

Gregory Lev <Innerview> Innerview is a solo work conceived amidst the isolation of the pandemic era, inspired by the 1961 psychiatric interview video titled "Patient Number 18 ? Diagnostic Assessment." Developing from the format of an "interview," this work forms a dual structure combining text and movement, blurring the boundaries between performer and audience through spectator participation. The performer, embodying a being that possesses both human and sheep-like qualities, reveals the tension between individuality and collectivity, posing questions about who defines "normality" and who is excluded by it. Within this immersive composition, Innerview criticizes how society excludes and isolates difference, leading the audience to rethink perceptions of belonging, otherness, and collective identity. Damara Velazquez Pastrana <Shall we...?> This is a fascinating dance work that encourages us to rethink the ways in which we communicate. It specifically combines contemporary dance with various sign language systems. Through this, it explores the power of the body as the most fundamental tool of expression, moving beyond the limitations of speech. By revealing the possibilities of connection and understanding through movement, it demonstrates how we can communicate between different cultures and experiences without relying on language. In essence, it poses a question to today's world, which is dominated by language-centered communication. Furthermore, it proposes a new body-centered approach, delicately revealing how signs, gestures, and physical expressions can convey deeper meaning and emotion. Wu Xinyu & Ouyang Jing <MID- SHED> This work is a co-creation by young Chinese choreographers that centers on an exploration of the "power of the body," based on an original movement language built through long-term collaboration. Their choreography oscillates between eruptive, explosive energy and deep flow, simultaneously revealing sharp tension and internalized, condensed power. By deconstructing everyday movements and reconstructing them between imbalance and control, they transform even the minute tremors of the body and shifts in its center into a sophisticated language of emotion, unfolding an intense yet delicate physical aesthetic. Margaux Palud & Chloe Mallet & Zoe Delgrange <Polish> This work leads us into the wandering inner world of a typical woman consumed by boredom. Trapped in life and confined within her home, she gradually drifts and loses herself. We follow the stream of consciousness of this character, who evokes the image of a perfect housewife from the 1950s, and witness the process through which her latent madness slowly reveals itself. The work poses personal yet universal questions regarding femininity, the body, and socially assigned roles, exposing a concealed psychological anxiety.