Performance
ONE DROP by Sonya Lindfors
A decolonial dream and operetta fueled by power, anti-racist love and resistance.
'One Drop' is a speculative summoning, a decolonial dream, an autopsy of the Western stage, and an operetta. Slipping in meanings and leaking through different categories, the work dives into the poetics and politics of relations, creating a stage that awakens the ghosts and connections lost or forgotten.
The work's title refers to two frameworks: the "one drop" rhythm, a reggae-style drum beat, and the "one drop rule" of the Race Separation Act in the United States from the early 1900s. According to this rule, a single drop of “Black blood” made a person “Black” despite their appearance. Through these starting points, the work interrogates the ghosts of the Western stage and its entanglements with capitalism, coloniality, and modernity.
'One Drop' continues Sonya Lindfors' series of works dealing with power, representation, and Black body politics.
Sonya Lindfors
...is a choreographer and artistic director of Cameroonian-Finnish descent, known for her work in facilitating, community organizing, and education. Her works address themes of Blackness, representation, power structures, and decolonial dreaming. Lindfors balances her artistic endeavours with her roles in education, consistently advocating for anti-racist and feminist platforms that empower and enable radical collective dreaming.
Details
Beursschouwburg
A. Ortsstraat 20-28
1000 Brüssel
Language: English
Price: €16 standard; €12 reduction; €8 students
Part of series AFTER REASON