BILLY is a low-intensity power play between a group of dancers, where the competition between them challenges the present pleasantness amongst them. In Billy they take on different power relations and objectify each other, like furniture or other things. Calcified, they receive first our, then each others’ gazes, allowing themselves to slowly soften and get affected, in order to advance the previous image.

BILLY is a dance piece by Ofelia Jarl Ortega, created for and with the graduates of the Bachelor’s Programme in Dance Performance at Stockholm University of the Arts. The music is composed by the Santiago de Chile based group Los Barbara Blade and adapted for the piece by composer Foad Arbabi. Lighting design by Ronald Salas Photo by Nadja Voorham/Mahesh Potenciano

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