“A Cock and a Feather” is an exploration of themes of gossip, feminism and how stories travel and change through time and space. It’s also piece about women and the issues they face in terms of empowerment, feminism and commodification. This project recognizes the constant struggle of the female body within patriarchal society . Also the ways in which feminism seek to reclaim this body and the sexuality it possesses. The performance outlines the journey of gossip as a hen loses a feather and the whispers of the hen-roost turn the small incident into a terrible tragedy. The choreography will therefore be based on a contemporary dance study of animals (chickens in particular). In conclusion, it represents the sexy in society’s double- standards, the comedic air of chickens and the brutal and gothic death of the chicken in pursuit of beauty.
Choreography by: Francesca Zammit and Marie Keiser-Nielsen;
Dancers: Concetta Cariello, Elise Ellul, Ilaria Lagna, Marco Rizzi;
