(DON’T) LOOK ME IN THE EYES is a dance performance inspired by the story of the Greek myth of Medusa and the Gorgon sisters. It is a piece for three human performers and two robots that tackles the relationships between bodies and technology and the concept of the monstrous feminine, aiming to reflect on the representations of women identified and queer characters in the foundational narratives of Western culture. It attempts to displace the issues that the myth triggers into a sci-fi dystopian future, tracing a line that connects past and future to confront some of the problems we are facing in the present we inhabit.
© Hermien Buyse e Alwin Poiana
© Hermien Buyse e Alwin Poiana
© Hermien Buyse e Alwin Poiana
© Hermien Buyse e Alwin Poiana
Credits
Concept
Ainhoa Hernández Escudero
Choreography
Ainhoa Hernández Escudero with Trevoga
Choreography assistant
Laura Ramirez
Sound
Fernanda Libman
Performers
Neda Ruzheva, Antonina Pushkareva, Ainhoa Hernández Escudero
Movement Research with ICK-Next dancers
Ummi Renteria Wouters, Fleur De Schepper
Dramaturgical support
Carolina Bianchi and Marta Keil
Visuals
Urticae
Light Design
Irene Cantero
With the support of the YAA Prize, Erik Impuls, Antic Teatre, O Espaço do Tempo, Stimuleringsfonds Digital Culture, and NORMA fonds, Co-produced by SPRING Festival and ICK Artist Space.
© Hermien Buyse
Ainhoa Hernández Escudero (Madrid, 1989) explores aesthetic categories linked to the strange and the monstrous using counter-hegemonic practices situated at the intersection of pop, the post-internet aesthetic, technology and mainstream culture. She graduated from the DAS Theatre master’s programme in 2022 and was awarded the AFK 3Package Deal 2022-2023 in the dance category. She has shared her staged works in numerous contexts, among them Frascati (Amsterdam), Bâtard Festival (Brussels), MNCARS (Madrid), Gessnerallee (Zurich), Center for Performance Research (NY), Arqueologías del Futuro (Argentina), Museo del Chopo (Mexico), Antic Teatre (Barcelona), La Caldera (Barcelona), La Casa Encendida (Madrid) and CA2M (Madrid).