One dancer, a projection screen, a live camera, a set of silicone abs, and a question: How does a body 'do' masculinity?
Making of a Man is a solo lecture performance by Quindell Orton blending dance, video, spoken word, and live camera to unpack how bodies ‘do’ masculinity. Starting as a TED Talk and morphing into something more unruly, the piece journeys through pop culture, personal interviews, and embodied performance to question the rigid codes of manhood.
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Making of a Man
With silicone abs, shifting voices, and a highly physical presence, Orton explores vulnerability, identity, and the performative layers of gender. Described as smart, subversive, and touching, Making of a Man challenges the binary with humour, insight, and care.
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CHOREOGRAPHY/CONCEPT- STAGE + SOUND DESIGN-PERFORMERS: Quindell Orton
DRAMATURGY: Maxwell McCarthy
VIDEO: in dialogue with David Ikenna Okegwo
COSTUME: Louis Caspar Schmitt
CREATIVE PRODUCER: Rat & Tat Kulturbüro
SET CONSTRUCTION: Klaus Hammer
PHOTOS: Gabriela Neeb
THANKS TO: Anna Konjetzky, Sahra Huby, Lisa-Marie Meinig, Sergej Maingardt.
INTERVIEW PARTNERS: Maxwell McCarthy, Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky, Bas van der Kruk, Jonaid Khodabhakshi, Kamill Lippa, Ashton Butcher, Chris-pascal Englund Braun, Voice coach Kylie.
DRAMATURGY: Maxwell McCarthy
VIDEO: in dialogue with David Ikenna Okegwo
COSTUME: Louis Caspar Schmitt
CREATIVE PRODUCER: Rat & Tat Kulturbüro
SET CONSTRUCTION: Klaus Hammer
PHOTOS: Gabriela Neeb
THANKS TO: Anna Konjetzky, Sahra Huby, Lisa-Marie Meinig, Sergej Maingardt.
INTERVIEW PARTNERS: Maxwell McCarthy, Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky, Bas van der Kruk, Jonaid Khodabhakshi, Kamill Lippa, Ashton Butcher, Chris-pascal Englund Braun, Voice coach Kylie.
