THE SHEDDING -How far are you willing to bend?

“I bend into your imagination
I'm the snake woman, the slug
I contort
I twist
My tongue can lick every part of my body
Covered in mucus, slime I can crawl into any hole.”

THE SHEDDING is about changing skin, changing life, and looking for the love of death. In a bifrontal setting the audience face each other with the performer in the middle, creating an intimate space for this explicit exploration of the body, and the spectator.
-She is in the center.-
Her flesh. Her thoughts, Her madness.

THE SHEDDING is a contemporary circus/performance/art/theatre/dance piece questioning the sexualization of the contortionist and the romantic image of violence against women.
A claustrophobic rebellion played out in a vulgar and absurd one-woman-show.

Duration: 45 min. Age: Minimum 16 years. Language: English.

CREDITS:
CONCEPT & PERFORMER: Elise Bjerkelund Reine
TEXT: Kajsa Bohlin
SCENOGRAPHY, LIGHTING & SOUND DESIGN: Hjalmar Nilsson
OUTSIDE EYES : Marcelo Nunes, Kajsa Bohlin
MAKE UP DESIGN: John Hanna
COSTUME: Helle Karlsson
CONCEPT-PHOTOGRAPHY: Klara G
PERFORMANCE PHOTO: Andreas Bergmann Steen
Created in collaboration with: Östgötateatern/X-scenen
co/production for tour: AFUK scene(DK), Glimt Amager(DK)


“Don’t expect the male or the female gaze, because THE SHEDDING is 100% the Reine gaze.” - Sceneblog.dk
read the full critics here(in danish):
http://sceneblog.dk/anmeldelse-the-shedding-elise-bjerkelund-reine-ostgotateatern-set-paa-afuk/
link to Östgötateatern page on how far are you willing to bend archive

PODCAST episode talking about the project

Photo: klara granberg