I Get So Emotional Baby

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Event I Get So Emotional Baby
Venue Basement Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
First Date 11 October 2022
Last Date 22 October 2022
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description I Get So Emotional Baby combines 'provocative movement, playful humour and nods to the pop culture that both empowers and disempowers us as women... Questioning the patriarchal gaze that pins 'unruly' emotion to the female body, I Get So Emotional Baby is an entrancing new work probing the ownership of our emotional reality as women.'
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Comedy
Movement-based Theatre
Subjects Emotions
Popular Culture
Women
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jessie Mccall Choreographer
Anu Khapung Performer
Evie Logan Performer
Sofia McIntyre Performer
Sharvon Mortimer Performer
Zoë Nicholson Producer
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information 'Unruly female emotion was once attributed to a deviant womb wandering through the body. Our flesh is cast as monstrous in its capacity to feel. ‘Testimonial’ and ‘attest’ both derive directly from ‘testes’ - the gateway to truth is gendered - horror is a woman who knows. Under the halo of the soft-core virgin body, we are haunted by the absence of the visceral. Object becomes subject through her
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://basementtheatre.co.nz/whats-on/i-get-so-emotional-baby
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 207847