In a Corner the Sky Surrenders – Unplugging Archival Journeys … #3 (for Volmir )…

New York, 1994. On the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Robyn Orlyn is looking for a place to work. Struck by the sight of homeless people sheltering in large cardboard boxes, she in turn used one to create a solo. Funny and ironic, “In a Corner...” was to become a cult piece, establishing the choreographer's reputation for “permanent irritation”. Years later, she was reminded of these makeshift dwellings in front of the cement blocks of the Berlin Jewish Memorial, then during the countless zoom meetings that trapped everyone into computer screens during the Covid period: these are all survival mechanisms used by the human race to cope with tragic or critical situations. A desire then arose to transmit this scathing performance to new performers. After a first reprise in 2022 with Ivorian dancer Nadia Beugré, she now entrusts this subversive incarnation, which is now more relevant than ever, to Brazilian dancer and choreographer Volmir Cordeiro.

Robyn Orlin

Johannesburg-born dancer and choreographer Robin Orlyn founded the City Theatre & Dance Group in 1988. Her pieces combine a denunciation of Western dance forms with a social and political critique of all forms of injustice. Through great creative freedom, they integrate traditional and contemporary dance, music, video, visual arts and theater. Since “Daddy, I have seen this piece six times before...” (1999), which won a Laurence Olivier Award, Orlyn’spieces have been performed all over the world.