In Performance: ‘BODYSUIT’ by Sharon Eyal & George Rouy

Commissioned by Hannah Barry Gallery and co-produced with Hauser & Wirth, ‘BODYSUIT’ is a visionary live work for five dancers by artist George Rouy and internationally acclaimed choreographer Sharon Eyal. Their first collaborative creation, ‘BODYSUIT’ is a multidisciplinary live event, with exacting, rigorous and liberated practices in movement, light, sound and environment. ‘BODYSUIT’ brings together new electronic music composed by Rouy with the signature punctuating choreography of Eyal, centered on a large silver and graphite painting by Rouy—together alternating from austerity to crisis and euphoria. Performed in combination with a mirrored dance floor, dynamic lighting systems and costumes designed by British fashion house 16Arlington in collaboration with Rouy, ‘BODYSUIT’ creates a total stage environment that juxtaposes technical precision with rapturous, unapologetic freedom, forcing the world to challenge itself and its boundaries and giving form to the inalienable battle between our deepest feelings. The performance is approximately 45 minutes long with no intermission. Doors open at 7 pm and the performance will start promptly at 7.30 pm. No late admission. Tickets Tickets prices range from $10 - $40 per person. All seats within each ticket price are general admission. Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund. Unrestricted view: $40 + ticketing fee Partially restricted view: $20 + ticketing fee Restricted view: $10 + ticketing fee Standing room: $10 + ticketing fee For press ticket enquiries, please contact [email protected]. Click here to purchase tickets. About ‘George Rouy. The Bleed, II’ ‘The Bleed, Part II’ is British artist George Rouy’s first US solo exhibition with the Hauser & Wirth. Following upon Rouy’s recent London presentation, this ‘second chapter’ will feature all new works extending his exploration of human mass, multiplicity and movement. In works characterized by a distinctive dynamism, Rouy captures essential experiences of contemporary life – desire and vexation, the urge to connect frustrated by alienation – to address emotional extremities in a globalized, technologically-driven age. About ‘BODYSUIT’ The creation of ‘BODYSUIT’ took place in France, kindly supported by the Domaine de Courances, Théâtre-Sénart, Lieusaint and Palais de Tokyo. The London performance lead supporter is Suneil Setiya. ‘BODYSUIT’ is supported by a generous circle of donors: Tavakoli Foundation, Sydney, Australia; Jie Du; Simon Nixon; Bob Shaw; and those who wish to remain anonymous. The music is composed by George Rouy in collaboration with Liam Toon and Oscar Defriez. About Sharon Eyal Sharon Eyal is one of the most radical choreographers working today. Her work is staged worldwide and her award-winning unmistakable style is startling. Known for propulsive performances that fuse classical dance with underground culture, she seizes darkness with intention. Punctuating her sharp and brutal choreography with vulnerability and emotional depth, Eyal harnesses the human body to assume a grave beauty, capturing the raw condition of human expression—the brutal journey of the heart. As well as creating a repertoire of critically acclaimed original works for dance companies around the world, she has made notable projects outside the dance world, working closely with the music label Young on projects such as ROSE, Maria Grazia Chiuri Creative Director at Dior and electronic musician and producer Koreless. About George Rouy George Rouy is recognized as a leading figure in a new generation of international artists. His dynamic and signature use of the human figure—vexed with desire, freedom, alienation and crisis—speaks to the extremities of our time. Focused on the relationship between interior landscapes and the body in motion, Rouy’s approach to the body—and his pursuit of painting—is one of contradiction, harmony and perpetual transformation. Bodies, captured alone and at times gathered in quiet pairs or imprisoned in crowds of amorphous energy, move from diminuendo, absorption and poise to expansive forces of crescendo, incitement and charge. Together they present rhapsodic portraits of identity in a globalized and technologically-driven 21st Century, alluding to recurring themes of the face as a mask, the individual as a copy and the self as a shadow. This bold and subversive corporeal language— constrained and liberated—captures the grave and arrested beauty of our contemporary moment.

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