Cécile B. Evans

Cécile B. Evans – A Future Adaptation of Giselle (Studio Residency 2021)

Born in 1983, Cécile B. Evans is a Belgian-American artist who develops multidisciplinary projects internationally. In her work, she uses technologies shaped by and emerging after the internet to question the value of emotion and its resistance when confronted with ideological structures.

Over the past two years, Cécile B. Evans has been revisiting the iconic classical ballet Giselle, reimagining it as an ecofeminist thriller. The story is thus projected into a dystopian future in which climate change and overpopulation have forced populations to migrate toward rural areas.

Credits

  • Conception Cécile B. Evans
    Avec : les danseur.se.s du Ballet National de Marseille, Alexandrina Hermsley (Giselle) et les étudiantes de la classe supérieure du cycle préparatoire de l'ENDM (École Nationale de Danse de Marseille)
    Collaboration artistique : Martha Kirszenbaum (conservatrice)
    Assistant·e·s artistique·s Laure Bruno ; Johan Reddersen
    Musique / création sonore Paul Purgas & Hinako Omori
    Directrice de photographie Deepa Keshvala
    Ecriture (script) :Sophia Al Maria
    Coproduction Ballet National de Marseille, Kistefos Museum-Foundation (Norvège)

  • Diffusion : 23-24 mai 2021 à Kistefos Museet-Foundation (Norvège)