Alexandra Bachzetsis

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We all have notebooks of our own, whatever form they take. Scribbles, words, whispers, desires, rants and erasures may be entered and so the body bounds and extends. Judith Vrancken dog-ears pages, spinning her encounter with the work of the choreographer Alexandra Bachzetsis, and the piece Notebook is, by no coincidence, an exploration of her own biography. How do we choose to present ourselves? And what constitutes the presence of a person? Sincerely and bluntly overturning lust, sexuality, the interplay of power and surrender, what you imagine seeing on stage and what is actually taking place may joyfully intertwine. Expect denim and performative gestures that sketch an intimate archive of bodies and ideas for imagined futures. Or you could get carried away by Alexandra’s back muscles telling a story of their own.

Written by Judith Vrancken. Introduction and outro voiced by Johnny Vivash. Editing and sound design by Tobias Withers. Credits to Alban Schelbert for the sound clips. Curated by Justine Gensse. Produced by the Extra Extra team.