ENCAJE FOR TEN
by Judith Sánchez Ruíz | JSR Company

- a truthful work of empowerment with a cast of ten female dancers interlaced in a complex multi-layered composition.

Conceived and choreographed by Judith Sánchez Ruíz

With
Laura Morales
Eléonore Pinet-Bodin
Aya Toraiwa
Dunya Narli
Charlotte Virgile
Dana Paja
Whitney Casal
Meggie Malou Blankschyn
Wibke Storkan
Lotta Sandborgh
Internship: Marta Tocas Ferreira & Giulia Machado Rossi

"ENCAJE FOR TEN" premiered at TRAUMA bar. 24th & 25th of July 2021. Berlin, Germany.

Composer: Simone Antonioni
Costume supervission: Don Aretino
Production: TRAUMA BAR
Technical support: Shaly, Rasmus Lauvring, Xavier Perrone

Taking the point of departure in her well-toured solo ENCAJE, Judith Sánchez Ruíz is now ready to blow up her own creation by projecting her explosive and ever-changing energy out on ten dancers. All women. All under the same powerful spell of constant unpredictability.

ENCAJE was in part originally inspired by the French-Cuban-American feminist writer Anaïs Nin and her prolific diaries (spanning from 1931-74), which have given account to a woman's deeply explorative voyage of self-discovery. Build on her archive of dance journals, Sánchez Ruíz revives Nin's legacy by flipping through her pages on different expressions, emotions, and everyday material. This results in a jump-cut effect in the movement language, yet a certain intimacy is preserved.

Conceptually, JSR choreography relies on layers and subjects switching in volatile ramifications of improvisation —a new way of envisioning choreography. One movement sequence is interrupted by the other - like constantly turning the knob on an old radio, jumping from one station to the next. As a result, the lines of composition become almost labyrinthine. Still, the ten bodies are nevertheless unified - by the disorder and visceral vulnerability.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/591031997

https://www.judith-sanchez-ruiz.com/event/encaje-for-ten/

Photos ©Ceren Saner and ©Troels Primdahl