Ta Mara
Iwona Pasinska
This film is presented during the event La Nuit de la danse on March 18, 2022 at Théâtre Outremont.
This film is inspired by the life and paintings of the Polish-born artist Tamara de Lempicka. She is an art deco icon, whose modern, bright-coloured paintings are still being snapped up by collectors to this day. Director Iwona Pasinska explores de Lempicka’s duality through dance: on the one hand, she is overwhelmed by an artistic frenzy that awakens her inner demon; on the other hand, she is calm and frozen in perpetual expectation. The movements of the dancers reflect the elegance and precision of the paintings of this exceptional artist.
This film is inspired by the life and paintings of the Polish-born artist Tamara de Lempicka. She is an art deco icon, whose modern, bright-coloured paintings are still being snapped up by collectors to this day. Director Iwona Pasinska explores de Lempicka’s duality through dance: on the one hand, she is overwhelmed by an artistic frenzy that awakens her inner demon; on the other hand, she is calm and frozen in perpetual expectation. The movements of the dancers reflect the elegance and precision of the paintings of this exceptional artist.
| Director | Iwona Pasinska |
| Production | Polish Dance Theatre |
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Iwona Pasinska
Iwona Pasinska is a choreographer, movement dramatist, theatre theorist, artistic director of Movements Factory and co-founder of the Movements Factory Foundation. She graduated from the F. Parnell Ballet School in Lódz. In 1997 Pasinska became the principal dancer of the Polish Dance Theatre (PTT) – Poznan Ballet. Since 2010 she has been collaborating as choreographer or movement dramaturge with dramatic theatres, operas and alternative theatres. She holds a degree in theatre theory from the A. Mickiewicz University in Poznan, where she also did her PhD, focusing on the experience of the body in contemporary theatre from the perspective of dance theatre. In 2016 she has become the Director of the Polish Dance Theatre.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
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