Allegories - Fragments, (2023)
Emphasising the specific depictions of the twelve months, Allegories – Fragments is a performance focusing on the
physicality and visuality of dance language.
Already in Antiquity, a triptych of the months was well established in
literature: as a natural, work rhythm, as a rhythm determined by deified, astral forces, and as a rhythm of gods on Earth,
worshipped by man (Ovid, Verij Flak …).
This triptych will be explored in the genre embodiments from historical cycles in literary and visual arts paradigms from
Antiquity to the Renaissance. The project will partly allude to the liturgy of feasts and the theme of the radiance of the
images of the months and natural personifications, marked by celebrations and rituals. The fragmentary nature of the
performance is shown by stringing together images, deities and attributes. The scenes are broken into sections based on the
seasons. Driving the narrative, they turn time, as it revolves through the sequence of the months and years: harvesting,
foraging, autumnal sowing and moments alongside the rotating mill interchange with motifs of hunting and resting. From
domestic genre scenes, spaces of vitae contemplative emerge, connecting closely to December – the month of sharp contrasts
and images – predominantly devoid of work-related motifs.