Three dancers ride a rhythmic movement, they are in a state of being ridden, by a fragrance or a mantra, the memories of disaster pervading it. “Museum II: Ridden” is a performance that focusing on explores the body of mutation and readiness.
This Work is part of the series “The Museum” that Leu Wijee has been working on since 2018, and in which he reflects on the potential relationships between disaster and dance. Together with Mio Ishida, “Museum II: Ridden” invites us to look at the most ancient experience that helped to shape human civilization: bodies after disaster.
Choreography and Scenography : Leu Wijee | Collaborator & Co-research: Mio Ishida | Dancer: Leu Wijee, Mio Ishida, Syanindita Prameswari | Lighting Designer: Mamedz Slasov | Artistic Crew: Unknown | Organized: WijeesWorks
Leu Wijee
Leu Wijee is an Indonesian (self-taught) artist, dancer and choreographer who divides his time between Palu and Jakarta. He describes his approach of “between disaster and dance” as his ideation process. His artistic research and practice is based on exploring personal and collective traces. His movement language tends to be minimalistic and relentless. He experiments and uses choreography to switch on “many things” (senses, spaces, sounds, etc),and others that resonate with his practice.
Mio Ishida
Actor and dancer currently based in Tokyo and Chigasaki. Graduated in theater & dance at JF Oberlin University. Her recent works focus on the relationship between the human body and objects. She was selected as a Japanese performer for the "Program for Future Dancers" in Tokyo Arts Festival Farm-Lab Exhibition (2021-2022). She has performed in Indonesian Dance Festival 2022, Jakarta; ADAM Kitchen 2023, Taipei; and Taitung Fringe Festival 2023, Taiwan.