Slit Show

 
A revealing dance. An opening show.

Slit Show cuts through the masquerade of the exterior and slides along the slits to the interior. It’s a dance for a theater and an open mouth. A tease for the space between curtains and coming. An inner song longing to be shown.

Through removal of clothing, erratic moaning and deep opera, choreographer and composer Karis Zidore strips down and exposes inner states in the theater spotlight. Somewhere between erotics and entries, maskings and unmasking, sensing and exhibiting, a sincere show reveals itself from the curtains.

Who’s that slit? It’s the girl with no door on her mouth!

Slit Show is a solo piece by and with Karis Zidore with a premiere at Kedelhuset/Dansehallerne in October 2024.

CREDITS

Concept, choreography, performance: Karis Zidore
Composer: Karis Zidore
Scenography: Ditte Tygesen
Light: Anna Westh
Costume design: Mai Sakamoto
Dramaturge: Ofelia Jarl Ortega
Choreographic sparring: Emilie Gregersen
PR photo: Anne-Sofie Pi Østergaard
Co-production: Dansehallerne
Residency: Milvus Artistic Research Center, Åbne Scene, The Danish Institute in Athens, ERGO Collective
Supported by: The Danish Arts Foundation, Augustinus Fonden, William Demant Fonden, Initiativpuljen Århus Kommune, Københavns Kommunes Scenekunstudvalg, Dansk Artist Forbund, Louis Hansen Fonden
Thanks to: Danseatelier

 

Picture by Anne-Sofie Østergaard