Jeté!
A live binge-watching marathon in celebration of stage labour.
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'Highly ambitious in its attention to detail and clarity of understanding performing in live art.'
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'Jeté! shows us that whilst we can repeat life exactly the same way each day, we choose to innovate, to learn and to enjoy life the best that we can.'
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'It was like going down the rabbit hole with Alice and seeing what is found in every loop of the rabbit hole.'
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10 Hours onstage
3 Silent Performers
1 Goal
Glitter | Confetti | Dance
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Glitter | Confetti | Dance |
A performance in celebration of the unseen labour of stagecraft
The show cultivates in the gap between cabaret and live art, employing theatrical spectacle to comment on stage labour in the capitalist West. A ballerina and two scenographers will work together* to present you with their take on a binge-watching marathon. You watch, they do the marathon.
As the curtain rises, the backstage marches onstage and labour becomes performance. The performers present a series of tasks including: operating sound, taping the floor, warming up, rearranging chairs and touching up hair and makeup. All these mundane tasks are transformed into a spectacle before the audience. Featuring glitter, confetti and dance.
Jeté! premiered on 3rd September 2023 as a 10-hour durational performance at Camden People's Theatre in London.
Photography by Amanda Wu.
*No talking allowed.
