UNARMOURED

“If I nationed myself / in the shadow / of a colossal wave / If only to hold on / by opening— / by Kingdom come” This phrase from the Ocean Vuong poem Waterline functions as a mantra for the new creation from Clara Furey. 

The Canadian artist specialises in existential dance experiments that explore various states of being. Through physical research into water, the choreographer brings the immensity of an inner sea to the stage floor. With UNARMOURED, Furey reunites and reconciles what has previously been separate, the performance emerging from a fluid, carnal chaos whose crashing waves suggest infinity as a transformative emotion.  

The dancers appear as unsettling sculptures, undertaking an artistic exploration that awakens compelling desires. With a soft-core approach, always in between, always edging, they claim the right to eroticism on their terms. In a garden of resonance, bodies vibrate to rhythmic waves of light and sound, an immersive sound composition created by musician Tomas Furey. Membranes stretch and boundaries blur.  

Bodies no longer need to be seen for their contours but for the energy that overflows them. They release an erotic power that runs through us and propels us with force, leaving us fundamentally curious and tantalised.


Duration: 60 minutes
Language no problem

Trigger warning: contains nudity