JV2 2021

During the Covid-19 pandemic Jasmin created an immersive performance, Canvas, at Ashford Designer Outlet. Following a sold-out run, and while theatres remained closed, the company streamed a specially filmed, free online performance.
This bill featured Canvas, by Jasmin Vardimon, May You Listen? by Sabrina Gargano (Jasmin Vardimon Company Dancer and Co-Director of Elelei Dance Theatre) and Eterna by Anthony Matsena (Co-Artistic Director Matsena Productions and former Sadler’s Wells Young Associate).

Canvas
Choreographed by Jasmin Vardimon, viewers are invited one by one into an immersive multi-sensory world with a striking set, to share a bold, captivating and intimate experience, culminating in a dramatic ensemble performance. Canvas presents a journey of human connection, with emotive performances full of intrigue and intensity.

May You Listen?
Directed by Sabrina Gargano, devised and performed online during the UK’s third lockdown in early 2021, May You Listen? was filmed by the friends and family of the performers from their homes across Europe. Exploring themes of interior worlds and confinement, the piece reflects the strange things that happen behind closed doors and around corners of familiar spaces. It is a journey in memories still present, until your hidden place becomes your prison.

Eterna
Choreographed by Anthony Matsena, Eterna is the beginning of a revolt against injustice in a world engulfed in anarchy. The work is in constant tension between order, chaos, and morality. When faced with injustice, brutality, and extreme loss, we must choose whether we give in to evil and endure, or we rise and fight for what we love and believe in.
With thanks to McArthurGlen Ashford Designer Outlet and The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.