Donna Miranda - Of course not, this is a bathtube - Part 2

A documentation of a dance performance including projection by Donna Miranda in the bathroom of the headquarter of "Brunnenstrasse Productions".
March 2, 2008

"Complete with vows of unending love till death do us
part, a dance ensues. Long after the 'high' has
settled into the dust another attempt yet awaits.
Follow we do! The trail of pleasure luring us back
into the vicious cycle of trial and errors. Some rage
resting underneath broken tiles, misty bathroom
mirrors and confessional toilet seats. The persistent
persists. Never say die for tomorrow we drink! Like
Sisyphus pushing the rock, Of Course Not this is a
Bathtub continues on with the road trip in Berlin,
Germany

After a full-length proper 'stage' presentation in
Yokohama, Japan, Donna Miranda takes the comfort
albeit betraying privacy of an apartment bathroom in
Brunnenstrasse, Berlin. Feeding the delightful voyeur,
tracing intimate glances in between breaths, the live
solo dance shall take place in the confines of a
bathroom whilst filmmaker Truong Ngu feeds the live
documentation to a TV in the living room as audience
and happening bleed into one. In this conspired
activity, the performance brings each one of us into a
melodrama of the everyday.

Of course not, this is a bathtub gives face to the
nameless melodrama of our everyday frames of
experience. Paddling between stubborn hope and grief,
desperate wisdom and intentional blindness, we trick
our bodies into a mindful compromise of life driven by
purpose. This solo dance piece fishes into the
discourse of the absurd via the symbolic articulation
of a world allied by fears and anxiety via
melodramatic allusions to love, desire, poverty and
sentimental songs that lead to the comic tragedy of
our chosen paths. A woman sits in front of an empty
bathtub. Silent with delirium, resignation gradually
consumes her body, like a banyan root creeping up and
eating its host. In this state of submission, what
else is she still waiting for?"

Organized by Vanini Belarmino with the support of
Goethe Insitut, Brunnenstrasse Productions and Green
Papaya Art Projects.
Camera and Editing: Truong Ngu

Category:

Film & Animation

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[moalboalfilmsociety]

nice work, Miranda.... but hey...is there any kind of Butoh dance scene in Manila?