Triptych
Triptych is an immersive journey through memory and what remains. Can something experienced in the here and now provoke a memory of the past?
Dancers:
Elisabeth Schilling
Julie Schmidt Andreasen
Fabiola Santana
Music:
Filipe Sousa
Costume Design:
Susanne Stangl
Photography:
Karolina Bajda
Reviews
“Neither too hot nor too cold, Mara Vivas' Triptych is a deliciously slow burn. In the half light three dancers form a tableaux. The air around them is thick and they splice through the space with a series of arm gestures that escape upwards and outwards. There is a sinister undertow to the work. Vivas' Grecian muses in their colour splashed tunics hint at an unspoken tragedy. Vivas is patient, courting a restless audience with simplicity and imagination. This approach pays dividends. The work is intoxicating and immersive without the need for bangs or whistles. With her sensitivity to mood and attention to detail Vivas has a promising talent.”
Philippa Newis, Resolution Dance Festival
“Commencing with dancers facing upstage slowly stretching out and recoiling their arms, Mara Vivas’ Triptych took time to unfold. Patience was rewarded with what developed into a crisp, accomplished and miniaturist female trio. Clad in Susanne Stangl’s quietly eye-catching shifts (thin grey stripes on the back, floral stains on the front), serenely alert Elisabeth Schilling, Julie Schmidt and Fabiola Santana functioned as a painstakingly slippery clockwork unit. Was it one person or three-in-one stepping about the bare stage? A tantalisingly unresolved tension gradually revealed itself. The result? A finely fleshed-out illustration of how the ‘right’ kind of ambiguity of interpretation can arise from clarity of intention.”
Donald Hutera, Resolution Dance Festival
