Robyn Orlin

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Robin Orlyn (born 1955) is a South African dancer and choreographer, born in Johannesburg.

Nicknamed in South Africa " a permanent irritation ", she is well known for reflecting the difficult and complex realities in her country. Integrating different media (text, video, plastic arts.) she investigates a certain theatrical reality which has enabled her to find her unique choreographic vocabulary.

Choreographies[]

  • 198? : I'm Skilled at the Art of Falling Apart
  • 1990 : If You Can’t Change the World Change Your Curtains
  • 1996 : Naked on a goat (prix FNB Vita)
  • 1999 : Daddy, I’ve Seen This Piece Six Times Before and I Still Don’t Know Why They’re Hurting Each Other
  • 2000 : F.(Untitled) (On Trying to Understand a Classic)
  • 2001 : The future may be bright, but it’s not necessarily orange… in collaboration with Ann Crosset
  • 2001 : 'We Must Eat Our Suckers With the Wrapper On'
  • 2002 : Ski-Fi-Jenni
  • 2004 : Although I live inside... my hair will always reach towards the sun... in collaboration with Sophiatou Kossoko
  • 2005 : When I Take Off My Skin and Touch the Sky With My Nose, Only Then Can I See Little Voices Amuse Themselves
  • 2006 : Hey dude... I have talent I'm just waiting for God in collaboration with Vera Mantero
  • 2007 : L'Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato (F. Haendel) a piece for Opéra national de Paris - the Paris national Opera
  • 2010 : Call it..Kissed by the Sun..Better still the Revenge of Geography Creation for and with Ibrahim Sissoko; Première: 19. January 2010 Paris at the Théatre de la Ville - Théâtre des Abesses
  • 2011 : ...Have You Hugged, Kissed and Respected Your Brown Venus Today?
  • 2012 : Beauty Remained for Just a Moment then Returned Gently to Her Starting Position, collaboration with Sylvia Glasser's collective Moving into Dance
  • 2012 : Babysitting tête de cire avec cinq gardiens in Palais des beaux-arts of Lille
  • 2013 : In a World Full of Butterflies, It Takes Balls to Be a Caterpillar... Some Thoughts on Falling...
  • 2014 : Coupé-décalé, collaboration with James Carlès
  • 2016 : And So You See... Our Honourable Blue Sky and Ever Enduring Sun... Can Only Be Consumed Slice By Slice... with Albert Silindokuhle Ibokwe Khoza
  • 2017 : Oh Louis... We Move from the Ballroom to Hell While We Have to Tell Ourselves Stories at Night So That We Can Sleep with Benjamin Pech

Movie[]

  • 2005 : Hidden beauties Dirty stories

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