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Resolution
The Place, London
DONALD TRUMP became US president a year ago and, in timely fashion, the Place presents a triple bill of politically charged works as part of Resolution, their festival of emerging artists.
The evening starts with Roisin O’Brien’s Some People Say, a work related to Trump's infamous “Make America Great Again” speech, in which two female dancers depict the anxiety and discombobulation in response to the Trump presidency.
It's followed by Father Figurine, choreographed by Stephen Brown and Derek Mok, which raises questions about masculinity and trauma and Kaia Goodenough’s Reclaim the Word Slut! in which three young dancers explore their womanhood against a backdrop of conceptions of female sexuality.
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