The writing of Pillow Safety is nourished by the richness of the materials - choreographic, scenographic, cosmetic, political - offered by the practice of Roller Derby. On the ground, a black andyellow marking tape delimits a space that is as much a playground as a wrestling area. How to negotiate with weight, gravity and the increased risk of falling? Roller Derby also allows Pillow Safety to push the door of gender by questioning the notion of virility, and more precisely that of female virility. How can we invent a female virility that is neither pejorative nor oxymoronic? Or finally, according to the logic of the clean slate, to get rid of them once and for all?
Selected within Citofonare PimOff call 22/23
Co-choregraphers and performers: Maureen Bator & Sarah Deppe
Assistant: Camerone Bida
Dramaturg: Stanley Ollivier
Sound designer: Timothé Chams Yaddolahi
Costume designer: Remi Vergnanini
Photo credits & video: Davide Belotti
Born in Lyon, Sarah Deppe began her training in classical and contemporary dance at the Conservatoire of Lille before joining the Ballet du Nord of Olivier Dubois school, where in 2016 she obtained a diploma in Choreographic Studies in Contemporary Dance. At the same time, she is studying for a Bachelor's degree in dance at the University of Lille. She worked mainly on creations by choreographers such as Meytal Blaranu, Adam Benjamin, Louis Ziegler, Beatrice Goetz. She studied for a master's degree in choreography at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp and joined the Sin &Qua Non Art company in La Rochelle, France. She took part in the creation of Jinjeon at the Théâtre du luxembourg with Jill Crovisier. She was part of the formation Praxis #1 conduted by Hervé Robbe. While continuing her work within the Brussels landscape, she assists in the creation of new works for the Théâtre National de Bruxelles and other theatre companies.
Maureen Bator joined the Coline dance/performance training school in Istres in 2014 under the directionof Bernadette Trippier. She performs the repertoires/creations of Thomas Lebrun, David Hernandez, Edmond Russo and Shlomi Tuizer. In 2016, Maureen joined the "Cycle Training" at P.A.R.T.S alongside her collaborations with Marie-Pierre Galus, the Australoquintet and Barbara Amar. In 2017, her solo "Guten Abend Herr Beethoven" is presented at the September Festival, she then performs the piece 10000 gestures by Boris Charmatz and "Early works" by the Cie Trisha Brown. In 2019, she collaborates with Anne Teresa and Jolente de Keersmaeker and joins the Ultima Vez/Wim Vandekeybus and Olivier de Sagazan. In 2020, Maureen joins the Dans Kapotproject for a collaboration with the jazz band Don Kapot.
Sunday, March 5, at 11-14 contemporay dance class with Sarah Deppe and Maureen Bator.
Show inserted in dance card. Twenty tickets available discounted of 50% by booking at biglietteria@pimoff.it and exhibiting the card dance card 2022-23 on the evening of the show.
