Choreography and performance by Sara Maurizi

“To put on femininity with a vengeance suggests the power of taking it off.”
Russo, quoted in Albright (2013, p. 213)

Through a series of tableaux vivants, the performer inhabits, distorts, and confronts stereotypes imposed upon the female-presenting body by patriarchal structures. Each pose becomes an act of exaggeration and resistance, revealing femininity as a constructed and performed condition.

The work asks how many parts of ourselves are lost each time we are compelled to embody objectifying roles shaped by the male gaze.

Part of the research for the MA in Contemporary Dance Performance at NSCD.