ROBA

A performance of physical theater in the concept & conception of the JEUDi team
Directed by: Korina Kokkali – Simon Gleave

The performance ROBA is about two human figures traveling through time. A strange game of hide and seek, through the multiplicity of different faces and forms, they move back and forth in time, on and off, in a space that is composed and decomposed with the help of a third mysterious creator.

A leak. A song. A disease.

ROBA is a Physical Theater performance that plays with image, sound, light and darkness, exploring the world of “care” and the possibility of finding redemption through illness. If we lose everything when we get sick, then can illness itself become an example of freedom?

The show is based on a record of gestures, sounds, images and experiences of caring for someone very close to us. ROBA “translates” these fragments into a ceremony of play and freedom.

The project is the result of four years of research and the collaboration of a wonderful group of artists, friends, care experts and “hidden” forces. The wider research, entitled ‘Parea’, around Parkinson’s and Dementia, includes a series of workshops for patient carers, professional and non-professional, and their family members. The research involves artists, therapists and neuroscientists. Collaborators: Clod Ensemble-Suzy Wilson, David Glass Ensemble-David Glass, Stephen Lenzi, Louisa White, Chrysoula Tsipa.

We are grateful for the support of Arts Council England, the Elizabeth Georgoudis Ballet School, the Clod Ensemble and all the donors who helped us make this project happen.