Daria Kaufman

Created and performed by Daria Kaufman, Bound is a dance-theater solo exploring femininity, persona, and restraint.

What are the different guises forced upon women, and how do we subvert their limitations?

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The piece is divided into four vignettes, each marked by its own character and physicality. Throughout these fragmentary narratives, Kaufman attempts to find freedom within different forms of restraint, be it a pearl necklace that continuously re-frames her figure, or the strict, codified movements of a cheerleader's pom pom routine. What personae emerge from these confines? How can we adhere to these codes while simultaneously un-doing them?

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Interview by Mesa de Montagem : : : : Write-up (in Portuguese) by Paola D'Agustino, for Zaratan Contemporary Art Gallery

 

Performances

Joe Goode Annex > San Francisco, California > April 18 & 20, 2019

Curtas de Dança, in scope of Festival Dias de Dança > Porto, PT > Armazém 22 > May 1, 2018

Premiere > Biblioteca de Marvila > Lisbon, PT > May 18-19, 2018

Montras Festival > São Luis, PT > August 2018

Encontro Bianual de Artes Performativas - (Re)union 2018 > Rua das Gaivotas 6, Lisbon > September 15, 2018  

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