This project started as a dialog with Marcelo Evelin. It takes its starting point in the myth of Medusa and its interpretation by French-Algerian author Hélène Cixous in The laugh of the Medusa

“Your continent is black. Black is dangerous. In the dark you can’t see, you are afraid. Don't move because you risk falling. Above all, don't go to the forest. And the horror of the dark, we internalised it. They didn't have eyes for themselves. They did not go to explore their house. Their sex still scares them now. Their body was colonised and they did not dare to come. The woman is afraid and disgusted with the woman ... We got trapped between two horrifying myths: between the Medusa and the abyss. Half of the world would burst out laughing if this did not continue.”

Hélène Cixous, The laugh of the Medusa

PERFORMANCES:
October 25th, 26th 2020: Bergen, Norway, Bit-Teatergarasjen, Oktoberdans

November 25th 2020: Trondheim, Norway, Rosendalteater

February 6th, 7th 2021: Stavanger, Norway, RIMI/IMIR

September 18th, 19th 2021: Oslo, Norway, Dansenshus

October 4th 2021: Munich, Germany, Joint Adventures_Walter Heun

September 3rd 2022: Tanzmesse, Düsseldorf, Gremany

REVIEW:

"A brilliant start: Caroline Eckly opened the Departures dance festival in Munich with her performance and yes, I said yes, I will yes. 

The guest performance series Departures shows dance and performances from Norway and opens with a powerful work on female sexuality"

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muenchen-tanz-gastspielreihe-departures-1.5431183​

and yes I said yes I will yes is a dance solo which takes its inspiration in the myth of Medusa, a woman turned into a monster by punishment for having been raped.

We talked about the gaze, the eyes like a mirror which reflect the violence of the world or accept the gaze of the other.

We evoked the image of an oracle, who transmits, who invokes, who speaks instead of a God who opens doors that were closed.

We work with an image, a golden figure, statue or human, and the different references this single image can carry. We believe in the power of the singular visual, using the body as raw material, as a bearer of a multi-imaginary.

We suggest the laugh as a cry, as a jolt, as bursts between enchantment and rage.

With a fascination for certain practices and rituals where dance leads to a subconscious state, we offer a dive into the inside, the black continent. 

We invite the public to a ceremony, in a timeless space, where they can witness a body in transformation. 

CREDITS

 

Concept: Caroline Eckly, Marcelo Evelin

Choreography: Marcelo Evelin

Performance: Caroline Eckly

Music: Kota Yamauchi

Light: Robert Roespel

Produced by: Spreafico Eckly, demolition Incorporada

Co-produced by: BIT-Teatergarasjen, Carte Blanche, Rosendal teater Trondheim 

Supported by: Bergen Kommune, Scandinavia-Japon-Sasakawa Foundation, FFUK