home presented the fourth and last in the 'Intimate Journeys' series
of
intense, choreographed performance tours around the house at 1a Flodden
Road, London. Guided by the artist, the audience explored the spaces,
architecture and objects in the house, which were articulated through
a range of performative, choreographic and dance actions.
‘Feral’ arises from a response to the large quantities
of leather and fur
furnishings at home, and became an exploration of the body as a
specimen/exhibit, both confined by and transgressive of the boundaries
between human and animal.
Marie-Gabrielle lead the audience around the house, creating choreographic
fragments that took place in different proximate locations around
the house and responded to different pieces of furniture and
surfaces. The performance used costume, vocal work and a highly
precise,
minimal and emotive choreographic language that is derived from
improvisation. Through inventing characters, employing costume and
elaborate props, she played with the construct of the animal-woman
and of notions of nakedness/covering and animality. This performance
involveed a collaboration with the composer Nick Parkin,
Marie-Gabrielle originally trained in Fine Art and since 1994 has
created
works as a choreographer and performer, touring internationally
to both
theatres and site-specific venues. In 2002 she will both choregraph
and
perform in Peter Hall’s Bacchai at the Royal National Theatre.
She has
collaborated with Nick Parkin , who was recently awarded First Prize
at the
prestigious Bourges electroacoustic Music awards, since 1994.
The home Salon provides the space for the informal presentation
of new,
experimental and work-in-progress performance and live art in the
domestic
context of home, an art space based inside a family house in Camberwell,
London.
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