Robyn Orlin (born 1955) is a South African
dancer and choreographer, born in
Johannesburg
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Nicknamed in South Africa "a permanent irritation", she is well known for reflecting the difficult and complex realities in her country. Integrating different media (text, video, plastic arts) she investigates a certain theatrical reality which has enabled her to find her unique choreographic vocabulary.
Choreographies
*198? : ''I'm Skilled at the Art of Falling Apart''
*1990 : ''If You Can’t Change the World Change Your Curtains''
*1996 : ''Naked on a goat'' (prix FNB Vita)
*1999 : ''Daddy, I’ve Seen This Piece Six Times Before and I Still Don’t Know Why They’re Hurting Each Other''
*2000 : ''F.(Untitled)'' (On Trying to Understand a Classic)
*2001 : ''The future may be bright, but it’s not necessarily orange…'' in collaboration with Ann Crosset
*2001 : 'We Must Eat Our Suckers With the Wrapper On'
*2002 : ''Ski-Fi-Jenni''
*2004 : ''Although I live inside... my hair will always reach towards the sun...'' in collaboration with Sophiatou Kossoko
*2005 : ''When I Take Off My Skin and Touch the Sky With My Nose, Only Then Can I See Little Voices Amuse Themselves''
*2006 : ''Hey dude... I have talent I'm just waiting for God'' in collaboration with
Vera Mantero
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*2007 : ''L'Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato'' (F. Haendel) a piece for Opéra national de Paris - the Paris national Opera
*2010 : ''Call it..Kissed by the Sun..Better still the Revenge of Geography'' Creation for and with
Ibrahim Sissoko; Première: 19. January 2010
Paris
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at the Théatre de la Ville - Théâtre des Abesses
*2011 : ''...Have You Hugged, Kissed and Respected Your Brown Venus Today?''
*2012 : ''Beauty Remained for Just a Moment then Returned Gently to Her Starting Position'', collaboration with Sylvia Glasser's collective Moving into Dance
*2012 : ''Babysitting tête de cire avec cinq gardiens in Palais des beaux-arts of Lille
*2013 : ''In a World Full of Butterflies, It Takes Balls to Be a Caterpillar... Some Thoughts on Falling...
*2014 : ''Coupé-décalé'', collaboration with James Carlès
*2016 : ''And So You See... Our Honourable Blue Sky and Ever Enduring Sun... Can Only Be Consumed Slice By Slice...'' with Albert Silindokuhle Ibokwe Khoza
*2017 : ''Oh Louis... We Move from the Ballroom to Hell While We Have to Tell Ourselves Stories at Night So That We Can Sleep'' with Benjamin Pech
*2021 : ''And when we change...'' with students of the dance training department of HFMDK (Frankfurt am Main), Birgit Neppl (costumes),
Cedrik Fermont (sound design)
Movie
*2005 : ''Hidden beauties Dirty stories''
References
External links
Robyn Orlin's websiteAbout the movie ''Hidden beauties Dirty stories''
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1955 births
Living people
South African female dancers
South African dancers