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Spanish choreographer Marina Mascarell shows sci-fi inspired dance piece in Taipei

Spanish choreographer Marina Mascarell shows sci-fi inspired dance piece in Taipei

2022-07-22

A new dance piece choreographed by award-winning Spanish choreographer Marina Mascarell will be showcased in Taiwan in August. The dance piece will be performed by Taiwan’’s dance troupe, "Dance Forum Taipei", and is inspired by the science fiction novel "Parable of the Sower." FTV reporter Stephany Yang met Mascarell to find out more about her piece.

Dancers take the stage, interacting with tubes, water pipes, tiles, strings, bamboo and other abandoned objects. Through the organic sound of their bodies and objects, the dancers travel through different worlds, encouraging the audience to value objects that they often neglect.

Marina Mascarell
Choreographer
The dancers travel through different worlds created with abandoned objects or objects that in our society don’’t have a lot of value. But they elevate those objects and give them value. In the first world, we used tubes. It’’s a whole world of tubes which makes a special sound and they learn from these objects. Their bodies learn from those objects. The second world is full of tiles. It’’s construction tiles that are not used anymore. They create special sounds and instruments with them for their bodies.

This is a choreography piece by award-winning Spanish choreographer Marina Mascarell. The dance piece, called “Orthopedica Corporatio,” is inspired by the science fiction novel “Parable of the Sower.”

Marina Mascarell
Choreographer
The inspiration behind this piece is the novel by Octavia E. Butler called the “Parable of the Sower” which generates the journey of a community to survive. That was the main inspiration or the piece. We have created a community of singular people that shares the space and travel through different landscapes and soundscapes. It’’s a community that is open to listen to each other. It’’s a science fiction community.

Mascarell says this show caters to the Taiwanese audience and showcases Taiwanese characteristics.

Marina Mascarell
Choreographer
The landscape is definitely Taiwanese and the dancers are recreating absolutely everything. Obviously, it’’s very different also because the concept of community in your society is very different to our concept of community. This is a more collective society that takes in consideration more of the community compared to where I come from, which is more individualistic. This makes a huge difference in the way people approach this work and they approach the tasks and objects.

Mascarell has been awarded several prizes during her career. Her work has been seen in The Netherlands, Taiwan, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Korea, and more. “Orthopedica Corporatio” will be on show from Aug. 26-28 at the newly opened Taipei Performing Arts Center.

《異托邦喧嘩・沈默不再》 帶領觀眾穿越由廢棄物構成的世界

2022-07-22

由屢獲殊榮的西班牙編舞家 瑪芮娜.麥斯卡利編舞的全新舞蹈作品將於 8 月在台灣展出。該舞曲將由台灣舞蹈團“舞蹈空間舞團”表演,靈感來自科幻小說《播種者的寓言》。

舞者與管子、水管、瓷磚、繩子、竹子和其他廢棄物互動。透過身體和物體碰撞的聲音,舞者穿越不同世界,吸引觀眾注意平時忽略的東西。

[[編舞家瑪芮娜.麥斯卡利]]
"舞者穿越由廢棄物所製造的世界,在社會中沒有利用價值的廢棄物,他們賦予這些物品價值。我們在第一個世界使用管子。 這個由管子組成的世界,發出特殊的聲音,啟發舞者的靈感。第二個世界充滿了瓷磚,廢棄的建築瓷磚。舞者用身體結合這些物品創造特殊的聲音。"

獲獎無數的西班牙編舞家瑪芮娜.麥斯卡利的作品。舞蹈作品名為《異托邦喧嘩・沈默不再》,靈感來自科幻小說《播種者的寓言》。

[[編舞家瑪芮娜.麥斯卡利]]
"這個舞蹈的創作靈感來自奧克塔維婭巴特勒的小說"播種者的寓言", 講述一個社區為生存打拼的故事。我們創建了以人為單位組成的社區,穿越不同場景和聲音。這是一個開放的社區,他們互相傾聽。這是一個科幻社區。"

麥斯卡利說,這個節目為台灣觀眾特製,展現台灣特色。

[[編舞家瑪芮娜.麥斯卡利]]
"場景絕對帶有台灣風格,舞者在舞台上重現一切。這是非常不同的,因為你們對社區的概念與我們對社區概念不同。台灣是一個更加集中化的社會,與我的故鄉相比,我的故鄉更重視單人的概念,所以觀眾欣賞這個作品時,會有感受到非常不同的概念。"

瑪芮娜麥斯卡利在職業生涯中獲得了多個獎項。她的作品曾在荷蘭、台灣、德國、瑞典、西班牙、韓國等地展出。 “異托邦喧嘩・沈默不再” 將於8月26日至28日於新開的臺北表演藝術中心展出。

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