Slit Show, foto: Anne-Sofie Østergaard

Karis Zidore
Slit Show

A revealing dance. An opening show.

Slit Show cuts through the masquerade of the exterior and slides along the slits to the interior. It’s a dance for a theater and an open mouth. A tease for the space between curtains and coming. An inner song longing to be shown.

Through removal of clothing, erratic moaning and deep opera, choreographer and composer Karis Zidore strips down and exposes inner states in the theater spotlight. Somewhere between erotics and entries, maskings and unmasking, sensing and exhibiting, a sincere show reveals itself from the curtains.

Who’s that slit? It’s the girl with no door on her mouth!

In the solo Slit Show the main character might be revealingly alone on stage. But she is accompanied by multitudes of loud representations and inner voices in an unexpected mash-up of moaning, stripping and opera singing. Dispersed deep red velvet curtains load the room with connotations and promises of drama, peaks and pathos. From this seemingly self aware and hyper staged setting, the main character brings the audience on an introverted journey from outside in.

Artist

Karis Zidore

Title

Slit Show

Type

Performance

Date

  • 9.10.2024, 20:00
  • 11.10.2024, 20:00
  • 12.10.2024, 20:00
  • 13.10.2024, 17:00

Duration

1 hour

Venue

Dansehallerne, Franciska Clausens Plads 27, 1799 Copenhagen V

Credits

Concept, choreography, performance: Karis Zidore, Composer: Karis Zidore, Scenography: Ditte Tygesen, Light design: Anna Westh, Dramaturge: Ofelia Jarl Ortega, Costume design: Mai Sakamoto, Choreographic consultant: Emilie Gregersen, Technician: Brian Cord’homme, Feedback: Naya Moll Olsen, Alma Söderberg, Fotini Stamatelopoulou, Olivia Barrett, Opera coach: Kalliopi Mitropoulou, Signe Asmussen, Sound coach: Casper Gisselmann Christiansen, Text documentation: Casper Gisselmann Christiansen, PR photos: Anne-Sofie Østergaard, Co-production: Dansehallerne Residency: Milvus Artistic Research Center, HAUT, Åbne Scene, The Danish Institute in Athens, ERGO Collective, Supported by: The Danish Arts Foundation, Augustinus Fonden, William Demant Fonden, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, Københavns Kommunes Scenekunstudvalg, Initiativpuljen Århus Kommune, Dansk Artist Forbund, Thanks to: Danseatelier

Statens Kunstfond (en)
Augustinus Fonden (en)
William Demant Foundation (en)
Københavns Kommune Scenekunstudvalg (en)
Artistforbundet
Danseatelier (en)
Aarhus Kommune (en)

Supported by: The Danish Arts Foundation, Augustinus Fonden, William Demant Fonden, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, Københavns Kommunes Scenekunstudvalg, Initiativpuljen Århus Kommune, Dansk Artist Forbund Thanks to: Danseatelier