Soft Duet on a Mirror
Choreography / performance Evelin Uus, Üüve-Lydia Toompere
Premiere August 2023, New Fears Gallery
A duet about care and connection, executed in submissive-dominant dynamic. Using liquids, a big mirror, and latex. The stage-mirror is reflecting our vanity, angles, and giving us a chance to stay connected to the other through reflections, allowing us to keep our dynamic strong throughout the whole piece.
As a main prop we used a large-scale mirror on which the performance took place, offering us a land for vanity, self-reflection, and potentiality for connecting to each other without looking at one another directly. With that, we used liquid silicone and white liquid, both to create more layers, movement on surfaces and skin, as well as to add playfulness.
This work is inspired by BDSM and adult entertainment industry, Toompere being a playdoll for Uus’ gentle and hard care.
Photos Playbabe