Ola Maciejewska: Bombyx Mori

In this 55-minute this work for three dancers, choreographer Ola Maciejewska draws inspiration from the innovative early 20th century work of modern dance pioneer Loïe Fuller. Bombyx Mori explores movement as a result of the interactions between the body and other things (lights, materials, sound), as opposed to movement from within the body. The title Bombyx Mori refers to the silkworm, which has become entirely dependent on humans for its survival; dance, archives and artifice are interwoven in this performance, providing a metaphor for the hybrid nature of things.

With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, Maciejewska is currently working on a larger body of work focused on convergences between dance and visual art and transmission.