© David Le Borgne
In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels presents, in collaboration with the Sadler's Wells, SELF/UNNAMED by Georges Labbat as part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival in London.
SELF/UNNAMED is a duet for two bodies, that of an artist and a mannequin – a translucent, rigid and plastic alter-ego, fashioned in resin. These bodies, both vessels of a single-voice dialogue, partners in a lonely waltz, discover and apprehend the complexity of their relation at once.
Bound by the contract uniting them, one-by-one they uncover a series of images making up the disturbing and confused desires of their encounter. They embody a multitude of individuals, as roles are traded, disputes and power dynamics coincide, accumulate, and collide… until the very boundary separating them does its disappearing act.
About the Artist
© Fabrice Malard
Georges Labbat
In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels presents, in collaboration with the Sadler's Wells, Self/Unnamed by Georges Labbat as part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival in London. The initiative also supports the presentation of this piece as part of the Yokohama Dance Collection programme in December 2024.
