EVENING WITHOUT ANGELS
first performed on October 18, 2018
GlasshouseArtLifeLab, Brooklyn, NY
performed once in 2018
JIL GUYON
Newark, NJ
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EVENING WITHOUT ANGELS
JIL GUYON
“Evening without Angels” was part of the “Rear Window” performance series that took place in the residential window of the Glasshouse building. The window served as a frame of the performance as well as the surface separating the audience and performer, lending a film-like experience of the event. “Evening without Angels” examines the intersection of domesticity and femininity in the context of psychological trauma. A solitary woman confined within a white room executes a sequence of meticulously crafted gestures veering between suspenseful stillness, sharp gestures, and emotional extremes. Through the fusion of movement with dramatic costume and light, a shifting tableaux of surreal imagery emerges—offering the spectator a glimpse into the private world of a woman struggling to prevail.