Welcome from the Bottom

welcome from the bottom

In the first part of this performance The Breathing Hole of Light we witness multicolored threads neatly arranged, to create a gradation of colors, weighted with stones at the ends. The other end of those threads is tied to the dancers’ fingertips. Together, they create a unique composition of movements, intertwined with colorful threads that please the eyes. In the second part The Infiltrator in a Body, bodies submerged in mantles are next to bodies made out of shiny resin. Then, piece after piece of potatoes are thrown on stage. In the final part A Surface that Goes Straight to the Bottom, blocks of ice are treated as though they are lovers or true friends, until the end of the scene where other blocks of ice fill the stage.

Welcome from the Bottom is a meeting of three things: the story of Franz Schubert (the Austrian componist, 1797), who trained his fingers on stones; a Zen outlook in the time when our minds are besieged by ice blocks; and Bodyscape, an installation created by Titarubi. The connection of the three becomes interesting because everyday things receive a new meaning. Almost all of the traditional functions of these things are left behind, letting new treatments to take their place. That is, a number of choreography of moves that explores the floor, as if pandering to the laws of gravity. According the choreographer, here is an installation of the process that brings forth mutations in movement and a negotiation of the body with the floor it is treading upon; as well as deriving any meaning as possible. This dance performance wants to provide attention to the mystical relationship between the body and surfaces.

Through these three choreographies, Fitri believes that dance is not merely a bodily event. More than that, dance is a media event, involving many disciplines. This is what will bring dance to changes that are happening around it. Fitri was born in Solo, 26 August 1978. She graduated from STSI Surakarta (2003), and has been involved in a number of dance workshops in Solo, Yogyakarta, and Jakarta; both with domestic and foreign choreographers. Her works have been presented on stage ever since she was still in college. Her most recent work, S(h)elf, was staged at Teater Salihara, in May 2010.

Photo: Afrizal Malna

Tickets Rp 50.000,- | Students Rp 25.000,-