I cannot stand the quiet violence of selling appearance over truth
Ornella Dufay-Miralles / BODYPATCHWORK
Location: Likeminds Noord, Kleine Zaal
Dates:
- GENRE: Dance, Storytelling
- THEME: Changing the Norm, Speaking Bodies, The female voice
- LANGUAGE: English
- Toilet for wheelchair users: yes, Wheelchair accessible: yes
duration of the performance: 1 h
This performance is part of a double bill. A ticket for ‘siren’ also includes access to the show ‘call me lole‘.
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In a world where appearance is currency and truth is inconvenient, this duo dance work exposes the quiet violence of a system that rewards conformity and performance over authenticity and connection. Blending sensual precision with raw, explosive physicality, the piece reflects the tension felt by those from working-class realities navigating spaces built on privilege. It explores the inner fracture of having to fake confidence, beauty, and success to survive in a capitalist society that overlooks mental health, cultural understanding, and emotional presence, where profit is prioritized over people. Through movement, it channels the suppressed anger, longing, and resilience of those forced to play roles just to be seen. This is not just a performance, it’s a protest, a reckoning, and a hunger to create from a place of substance, not spectacle.
Biography
Ornella is a choreographer and dancer originally from Toulouse, now based in Rotterdam. She graduated in dance from ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in 2021. During her studies, she interned with choreographer Dunja Jocic and performed in “De Panter,” which won the VSCD Swan Award for Most Impressive Dance Production at the Nederlandse DansDagen Festival 2021. She continued collaborating with Jocic, dancing in the duet “Arcus Cloud.”
Driven by creativity, Ornella co-produced “TEST 1” with Rosie Stebbing, winning the Jury Prize at the Dublin Fringe Festival 2022. Her solo “Love Me” won the Jury Prize at the Brussels Dance Contest during the Antigone Festival 2022, leading to an invitation to create “UNLEASH” for the Antigone Festival 2023, showcased in Rotterdam.
The piece was reworked as “HOLLOW” and performed at Paris’s Kalypso Festival. In May, she founded her dance company BODYPATCHWORK. Her solo “SIREN,” blending Krump and fluid feminine movements, is performed monthly in Paris at the MAIF Social Club. Ornella teaches weekly classes at the Academy for Theater and Dance in Amsterdam, sharing her unique style that fuses contrasting qualities.
