Kitt Johnson DENMARK
The Mirror

ICA
Tue 25 > Thu 27 Jan 8pm
After show discussion: Wed 26 Jan
£12.50 (£9 concs)
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Danish choreographer / performer Kitt Johnson explores deep into the mysterious realms of human nature with this unsettling performance about the ways in which we see our own being. Alone with one’s self image, we risk becoming lost in a self-created hall of mirrors...
Kitt Johnson is a pioneering artist, inspired by Butoh and German expressionism, performing at the crossroads of dance and movement theatre. In previous projects she has collaborated with leading European dance figures such as Sasha Waltz and Mark Tompkins. Created in 2002 and with a specially commissioned soundscape by Swedish composer, Sture Ericson, The Mirror has been seen at festivals across Europe, and in New York. These performances at the ICA mark her UK debut.

Darkly poetic images of physical and emotional states, rich in surprises...she is a choreographer who can say a great deal with very little.’ NEW YORK TIMES

‘She ascends to higher forms of existence in front of our eyes. When she disappears it’s like waking from a dream you dearly wished would never end.’ BALLETTANZ

‘Kitt Johnson is a loner, a black hole of concentration absorbing our attention.’ POLITIKEN

Runs approx 55 mins without interval

Supported by the Royal Danish Embassy.

www.kittjohnson.dk

photo © Per Morten Abrahamsen

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