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(DON'T) LOOK ME IN THE EYES

Ainhoa Hernández Escudero
Fri 29 Nov ’24 and Sat 30 Nov ’24
A dance performance inspired by the myth of Medusa.
Fri 29 Nov ’24
and
Sat 30 Nov ’24

(DON’T) LOOK ME IN THE EYES is a dance performance inspired by the story of the Greek myth of Medusa and the Gorgon sisters.

 It is a piece for three human performers, two robots, and an avatar that tackles the notion of the monstrous and the relationships between bodies and technology. It aims to reflect on the representations of women and queer characters in the foundational narratives of Western culture. (DON’T) LOOK ME IN THE EYES attempts to turn the problems that the myth triggers into a sci-fi futuristic dream, tracing a line between past and future to understand and confront some of the issues from the present we inhabit.

  • Duration: 60 min.

Credits

concept and direction Ainhoa Hernández Escudero performers Neda Ruzheva, Nina Pushkareva and Ainhoa Hernandez Escudero choreography Ainhoa Hernandez Escudero with Laura Ramirez Ashbaugh, Neda Ruzheva, and Nina Pushkareva dramaturgy Marta Keil text with Ira Brand sound design Fernanda Libman visuals Urticae costume Lucian Squid robot programming Echo Wang and Hisham Bendriss light design Irene Cantero production managment Astrid Klein Haneveld accompaniment Carolina Bianchi coproduced with SPRING Festival, ICK, and Antic Teatre co-production in residency O Espaço do Tempo
supported by AFK, NORMA, Stimuleringsfonds Digital Culture, the YAA prize, Erik Impuls,
New Adventures Residency, Vande Ende Foundation, ID Lab. special thanks to Isabel Escudero, Isabel Hernández, Suzy Blok, Gina Broeders, Isadora Tomasi, Ummi Renteria Wouters, Fleur De Schepper, Come Together #8, ID Lab, Veronica Visocka, Irene Brok, Lisa Reinheimer, Soyun Jang, House of Løstbois.

In de pers

"Gevangen in het laagste level." Theaterkrant


About Ainhoa Hernández Escudero

Ainhoa Hernández Escudero (she/they) is an interdisciplinary maker, performer, and cultural worker from Carabanchel, Madrid, based in Amsterdam. They are part of The House of Løstbois. In her work, she explores the strange and the monstrous at the intersection of magic, pop, the post-internet aesthetic, technology, and mainstream culture. She graduated from the DAS Theatre master's program in 2022. Ainhoa was awarded the AFK 3 Package Deal 2022-2023 in the dance category and received the YAA prize and the Erik Impuls in 2023. She has shared her works in different contexts, among them SPRING Festival (Utrecht), TanzQuartier Wien (Wien), Grec Festival (Barcelona) Frascati (Amsterdam), Bâtard Festival (Brussels), MNCARS (Madrid), La Capella (Barcelona), Gessnerallee (Zurich), Center for Performance Research (NY), Arqueologías del Futuro (Argentina), Museo del Chopo (México), Antic Teatre (Barcelona), La Caldera (Barcelona), La Casa Encendida (Madrid) and CA2M (Madrid).