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Three Times Rebel May 12th, 2016 Marina Mascarell // IDEA I describe the format of the proposed work as dance documentary piece. It is a combination of reality and a fictional world presented through contemporary dance. Female bodies in different times, different places and situations show us how society can perceive women. Prejudices that are built through the imposition of stereotypes. With this work, we would like to bring a hidden reality in our society to the surface. In countries where there is formal equality, as in legal rights, patriarchy is based on the roles and stereotypes that produce the gender system. From the birth. Men and women are assigned a role based on their sex. They are told how they should behave, dress, look, dream, work, talk, relate to others... Women and men become actors and actresses as soon as they are born and, according to how good or bad their interpretation of that role is, the audience of the greatest theater in the world (society) will applaud or censure them. From the Enlightenment to the present, the situation of women have improved and changed drastically. There is however still a long road in front of us in order to be able to talk about equality. There are several major facts showing that if we don’t keep on fighting, we can easily loose what we have achieved so far. By provoking with movement/dance/acting we want to highlight our deepest prejudices toward the female sex. We want to be as true as possible to reality, that’s why we propose the format of a “documentary piece”. We like to use real stories to construct the piece, questioning the structure of our society at the same time. Facing the myth of beauty, the requirement of eternal youth, raptured motherhood, imposed sexuality, health’s game and the sin of wise maturity, we propose intelligence, and rebelliousness. Deconstructing ourselves in order to give a step forward in equality. There will be five performers on stage, 4 biological women and 1 biological man with different approaches to their gender. One musician is playing electronics, cello and voice. There is a table in the center with food and glasses. We will amplify the sounds coming from the table and deconstruct it with several effects. // MOTIVATION Since the beginning of my career as a choreographer, my main motivation has been to talk about social problems or to question stablished ways of being in society. I have gone through different themes or concepts: time and our relationship with it, power and its corruption; the individual versus the collective in democracy; social punishment; the law of Jante in Scandinavian societies ... More or less a year ago I got into Feminism. I began to investigate, as I always do with all the subjects I choose, and I realized that Feminism encompasses much of the above topics in some way or another. Feminism is a political and social movement that questions the current system; questions the power and how it is been used; questions our relationships with others; questions the use of time against woman through the myth of beauty; and even questions history, because it has been written by white males... Feminism also puts special focus on the violence against women. For example, in the Netherlands 46% of women have suffered sexual violence. Even in a enlightened and prosperous country that is famous for its tolerance, almost half of the female population is a victim of gender violence. It is obvious that there is a social problem. Violence is the tip of the iceberg. There are many causes to induce physical violence, many steps prior to it. And it is in those steps and causes where my interest lies. The degradation of the female body, the myth of beauty, or the used of stereotypes to educate the young ones, are the “sub-subjects” that especially attract me. It is something close to all of us everyday. The symbolic violence is part of our lives, almost without perceiving it. What brings feminism in play to these issues that concern us all? Feminism provides a voice to women on many occasions and denounces the structural problems of the system. It is through feminism that I have become aware of the situation of women in the 21st century. In the European business world, only 3% of women are a CEO or in a comparable leading position. Policies and family conciliation are obstacles for women to access those level of jobs. And these are issues that do not occupy a prominent place on the agendas of political parties, nor are there major debates about in society at large. The system discriminates women in many different ways, and most of the people are not even aware of it. The famous sentence from Simone de Beauvoir in her book The Second Sex "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman" was the key of the third wave of feminism. The source of inspiration for the resurgent women's movement. A phrase that has great significance , because it ensures that the differences between men and women are cultural, and not natural. We all grew up in inequality, inequality has been normalized. My motivation lies in deconstructing such normalization. // RELEVANT MATERIAL Bibliography - Situating the Self: Gender, Community and Postmodernism in Contemporary Ethics by Seyla Benhabib. - The Journals of Sylvia Plath - Vagina by Naomi Wolf - The hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector - Poetic Anthology of Sylvia Plath - Feminismo para principiantes, Nuria Varela. (Only in spanish) - Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations by Adrienne Rich - Pornotopia by Paul Beatriz Preciado - Orlando by Virginia Woolf - Una vida subterránea by Laura Freixas. (Only in Spanish) - La fantasía de la individualidad, de Almudena Hernando. Only in Spanish - A Frozen Woman by Annie Ernaux - The Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector - Sin género de dudas by Rodríguez, Cobo, Femenías, Miyares, Sendón, Simón,Valcárcel. - Neoliberalismo Sexual by Ana de Miguel - Bodies that Matter by Judith Butler Filmography - Movies and interviews by Chantal Akerman - XXY by Lucía Puenzo - The Color Purple by Steven Spielberg - Et maintenant, on va où? by Nadine Labaki - The Hours by Stephen Daldry - Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen by Margarethe von Trotta - Hanna Arendt by Margarethe von Trotta - Violeta se fue a los cielos by Andrés Wood - The help by Tate Taylor - Jin Ling Shi San Chai (The Flowers of War) by Zhang Yimou - Rebelle (War Witch) by Kim Nguyen - Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine by Marion Cajori and Amei Wallach - Natural Disorder by Christian Sønderby Jepsen - Paris is Burning by Jennie Livingston - Paradise by Sina Ataeian Dena - Suffragette by Sarah Gavron Art - Louise Bourgeoise - Judy Chicago - Tracey Emin - Francesca Woodman - Ana Mendieta Ana Mendieta (1948- 1977) Francesca Woodman (1958- 1981) // ARTISTS INVOLVED - Marina Mascarell_ Choreographer - Yamila Ríos_ Composer - Loes Schakenbos_ Light Designer - Daphna Munz_ Costume Designer - Nina Botkay_ Dancer - Gala Moody_ Dancer - Maud de la Purification_ Dancer - Filippo Domini_ Dancer - t.b.a._ Dancer - Marthe Koetsier_ Researcher // BIOGRAPHIES Marina Mascarell/ Choreographer Marina Mascarell (Spain, 1980) danced with the Nederlands Dans Theater II, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, and Nederlands Dans Theater I. She studied Pedagogy applied to Dance at the Rey Juan Carlos University. Later she was awarded her Master’s Degree in Performing Arts from the same University. Since 2011 Marina is a freelance choreographer. Marina’s has created works for GoteborgsOperans Danskompanie, Gothenburg, Sweden; Nederlands Dans Theater I (UpComing Choreographers), The Hague, The Netherlands; Scapino Ballet (Tools), Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Dance Forum Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan; Ballet Junior of Geneve, Geneve, Switzerland and Skanes Dansteater, Malmo, Sweden. She is resident choreographer at Korzo Theater, The Hague, Netherlands. Her independent works with Korzo Theater Productions, The Netherlands, are being toured internationally around Asia, Europe and South America. At the XIX Choreographic Competition of Madrid, Marina won Outstanding Dancer with a scholarship to the American Dance Festival in North Carolina and Movement Research in New York. Her first piece Discovering Secrets received the third prize, Audience Award and Scholarship for DanceWeb Europe in the XX Choreographic Competition of Madrid. Like an Olive Tree (creation for Dance Forum Taipei) was nominated as “One of the best performances of 2010” in Taiwan. Marina was selected to be part of Choreoroam 2012, a research project on choreography with the support of the European Union Culture Programme. She recently has been awarded with the BNG Excellent Dans Award 2015 in The Netherlands. Marina has taught at International Festivals and schools such as SaltDanceFest, Utah University, USA; Pretty Creatives, Northwest Dance Project, Portland, USA; Open Look, St. Petersburg, Russia; DAF, Rome, Italy; B-Motion, Bassano del Grappa, Italy; Summer Intensive Nederlands Dans Theater, The Hague, Netherlands; Codarts, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Palucca School, Dresden, Germany; Pre Professional Year Sydney Dance Company, Sydney, Australia; Strut, Perth, Australia. Future commissions includes a new independent work with the support of Korzo Theater, Nederlands Dans Theater and Dance Forum Taipei and a new creation for Lyon Opera among others... Yamila Ríos/ Composer Yamila Rios is a Spanish composer, performer and sound artist based in The Netherlands. Her artistic practice deals with the creation of aural spaces. These ephemeral spaces are neither fixed nor constant, allowing them to unfold and change in time. Since time is a necessary parameter to explore space, her compositions focus on each aspect, time and space. Her pieces consist of multiple textures and masses of sounds, each of them with their own internal and complex activity. She has worked on various projects and pieces, exploring the use of live electronics mixed with the sonic exploration of traditional instruments.