Frontiers
Solo 2004
60 min
Video documentation:
FRONTIERS is a reflection on the existence of borders, the mobility between territories, countries, cultures, language, group of people, categories of division, etc… Who can move and cross the line? What are the conditions for this crossing, and who profits from raising borders? The performer crosses all possible lines, between her and the spectator, between what is yours and mine, between what is ours and theirs. Sara also crosses the borders between art forms, using video images to dance with text, hopscotch games to learn languages, belly dance, charity act -raising money for the read cross, shooting gun-dance, to political denunciation of the sovereignty of countries questioned by military invasions, etc.
Text on denunciation is adapted to the political condition of the country visited, its international relations and policies, what produces the national identity and local statues and its relation to the world order. The work questions national and global political representation.
The text is performed by Sara and 3 invited female guest performers from the city on tour.
Premiered: Kaleidoskop Theatre, Copenhagen, April 2004.
Toured: Damascus, Beirut, Aman, Ramallah, and Aix-en-Provençe.
Concept, choreography & dance: Sara Gebran.
Music: DJ Ñ.
Light design: Thomas Bek.
Video: Mikael Bing & Sara Gebran
Produced entirely by Public Eye/Sara Gebran