Sister
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Kaaos Company: Sister, I feel it in my bones
Sister, I can feel it in my bones is a story-driven, physical
performance by two performers that echoes their lives. The piece travels
into a rich world of laughter, ballads, wisdom and the desire to be at
peace as part of the spectrum of life, as one’s self.
The performance
is a mischievous celebration of capturing joy and remembering that
sometimes you have to listen to the strong voice of the sensitive before
you say anything. Much more than disability identity politics, the work
explores the embodied experience and tension between just wanting to
live an equal life, and the myriad ways society continually falls short
along the way. In this way the mirror is held up to us all. The audience
is invited to witness, experience and laugh with the performers and to
understand our part in creating this shared world.
The performers are Christelle Dryer from South Africa and Noora Västinen
from Finland, who is also a long-time member of Kaaos Company, as well
as the director-choreographer Jonna Lehto. Both performers have a
brittle bone disease, Osteogenesis Imperfecta. In addition to Christelle
Dryer, Kaaos Company’s new artists are Ellen Virman, sound designer,
Saana Volanen, lighting and spatial designer, and Moa Larsdotter
Persson, costume designer.