SELF/UNNAMED
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.
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.
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.
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Sadler's Wells
In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels presents 9 shows in collaboration with the Sadler's Wells as part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels festival in London.
