Interlude is a performance staging an off-duty mascot returning to themself after another shift spent
entertaining passersby in the area. However, they can’t escape the conditions they find themself in: an
audience is present and waiting for something to happen. The space offers a temporary retreat, yet
even moments of withdrawal remain shaped by others' gaze. What begins as a pause gradually slips
back into performance. Inside the costume, another space emerges—one that shifts between
concealment and exposure.
Composed of fragments of rehearsed choreography, performative patterns, lingering moments,
frustrations, and more or less shy attempts at connection, the dance oscillates between containment
and leakage. The persona, a foolish rat, eventually appears, leading to unscripted movements. While
moving through limitations, alternative routes emerge in the negative space, costume, and dance.
In this process, the rat and Julie Carrere found themselves in constant negotiations with each other,
spaces they moved through and the assumed expectations of an imaginary audience. This loop ends
by being witnessed: connection appears through familiar gestures, a gaze, the sound of a distant song,
proximity, the wind coming from the windows.
Performance, choreography, sound : Julie Carrere
Costume: Elena Louise Bastert Feuerhake
Costume support: Keer Feng
Dramaturgical support: Jette Büchsenschütz
Conversation partner: Brad Nath
Julie Carrere
Julie Carrere (they/she/he) is a dancer and performer from France, currently based in Berlin. Their work explores the body and dance as contemporary lenses through which to reflect on history—while remaining both anxious and hopeful about the future. Drawing on references from pop and internet culture, and often closely linked to music, Carrere develops choreographies that actively engage audiences across diverse spaces and contexts. Their performances and collaborations have been presented at Uferstudios (2024), Tanznacht Festival (2023), Molt (2023), P.A.R.T.S. (2023), ada Studio (2023, 2022), and Hosek Contemporary (2022).
www.juliecarrere.com/
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