RUBBER GIRL

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Cast : Preethi Athreya

RUBBER GIRL Story :

‘RUBBER GIRL’ was the name given to Cuckoo Moray, one of the first cabaret dancers in Indian cinema in the 1940s, who was followed by a long line of singularly powerful performers who dared to be terrific and terrifying. The project of Rubber Girl taps into this legacy asking questions of how, through the Indian cabaret body, we as a nation are dealing with our fear of ‘illegitimate’ desire how are we reacting post-independence to a world outside that is ‘watching’ and how are we ‘watching’ our contradictory selves. The performance of Rubber Girl seeks out key moments in the history of World War Europe, the birth of DADA, French chanson, the Chinese revolution and Indian cinema. Despite these journeys, the character of RUBBER GIRL remains autonomous, with the inconsistent attitude of those who take no account of the past and are not afraid of the future. The figure grows alive on the stage, gains autonomy and eventually rebels against the histories that it draws from. Rubber Girl came out of the research and development undertaken while in residence at the Centre National de la Danse (CND), Pantin and Cité des Arts, Paris, in 2022. It was further developed with assistance from the Alliance Française of Madras.

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