Robyn Orlin returns to Marseille with renewed fervour and unwavering opposition to racism, inequality, and poverty. She constantly reinvents herself, as evidenced by her latest creation with new performers, the six dancers of the Garage Dance Ensemble and the two musicians from uKhoiKhoi based in Okiep, a former mining region in the Northern Cape Province that embodies the history of colonised South Africa. The city has a rich history and culture and a special sense of humour, but has also suffered from a lack of humanity and experienced new traumas relating to the pandemic and lockdown, including a surge in gender-based violence. The physical, psychological, sexual and economic harms suffered by the South African community have deeply affected Robyn Orlin, prompting her to seek meaning and foster a process of healing. ...How in salts desert is it possible to blossom... echoes the vision of the Garage Dance Ensemble and the leitmotif of all its creations: "every individual has the right and the opportunity to live and express themselves through dance and performance".
Coproduction Festival de Marseille
