When I take off my skin and touch the sky...

Robyn Orlin DR

After several hit performances in this capital in recent years, Orlin will be back in town at the Theatre de La Ville performing a new choreography "When I take off my skin and touch the sky with my nose, only then I see little voices amuse themselves."  

Orlin is a rebel with many causes. Her highly political performance pieces aim to be both subversive and funny. Using humor, sexual innuendoes and seemingly incongruous everyday objects - she explores themes dealing with intolerance, colonialism, racism and sexism. Her long titles don't necessarily directly relate to her projects, which "stokes" much of her mystique. Orlin divides her time between South Africa and Germany where she lives with her husband. "I always go back to South Africa - because my dancers are there, and my family - for one project a year..."

THEATRE DE LA VILLE Feb 15-19th, 8:30pm, 2005 2 place du Châtelet Paris 4 tél : 01 42 74 22 77 http://www.theatredelaville-paris.com