FICTIONS OF THE FLESH
In the solo performance Fictions of the Flesh by Fiksdal/Floen/Slåttøy we look at the idea of contemporaneity and how different contemporaneities can be conveyed through costume, dance and choreography. We draw from jazz dance as a physical archive, and combine this with inspiration from speculative future fictions which describe expanded corporealities.
Concept and choreography by Ingri Fiksdal
Developed by Ingri Fiksdal, Fredrik Floen and Mariama Fatou Kalley Slåttøy
Costume and visual design byFredrik Floen
Choreography and dance by Mariama Fatou Kalley Slåttøy
Produced by Nicole Schuchardt and Eva Grainger
Production by Fiksdal Dans Stiftelse
Co-production by Black Box Teater Oslo, Dansens Hus, Bærum Kulturhus – Dans Sørøst Norge, BIT Teatergarasjen
Supported by Arts Council Norway
Thanks to CoFutures
Photo: Simen Thornquist
In Fictions of the Flesh, the character Syncopator embodies both past and future. She slides, floats and falls through space, like a Fata Morgana or tardigrade, monarch butterfly or the night train to Palmyra. She gives birth to a couple of tails behind some benches and sheds her fur between trees. She glides on railings and grows in pavement cracks. Slowly, her fingers become so heavy that she can no longer carry them. They snap silently whilst pulling her backwards into Big Freeze.
Snap. Snap. Snap.
Photo: Karsten Piper, Samira Shaterian, BBA Berlin
Illustrations: Fredrik Floen
