Woman's Work

Costume design for Dance Film Installation ‘Womans Work’ by Annemijn Rijk

From the urge to choreograph not only the body, but also the eye of the viewer and the categories of time and space, Rijk created the life-size dance film installation Woman's Work.

Six screens show six women of different generations and backgrounds. Inspired by the idea of ​​a catwalk as a clamping metaphor for the standard female image, the women walk over a narrow, steel beam at a great height. Five screens show their individual portraits, their own journey within the system for their dominant system. The sixth screen shows their combined resistance. While dancing they balance mutual relationships, pressure, expectations and manipulation. The fall is inevitable. As well as the drive to constantly search for how their flexible bodies can resist the static, steel beam.

September 8 - Oktober 23 | Chassé Theater Breda / Part of Breda Photo - Stedelijk museum Breda