Léonard Engel’s “PAROTIA” selected for RODEO Festival 2022!
I am happy to announce that “PAROTIA” will be featured at this year’s edition of the RODEO Festival in October 2022.
“Three dancers spin around their own axis – slowly at first, then faster and faster; their floor-length skirts form colourful spinning tops. That’s all it takes to make Léonard Engel’s Parotia (‘Bird of Paradise’) a spectacular evening of dance. One thinks of classical fouettés, of Bauhaus dances; but also of Sufi whirls, waltzes and Alpine dirndl dancing. The abstract, sensual events cast a spell over you, at the same time forcing you to think about tradition and cultural appropriation. Who ‘owns’ the revolving dance? At the end, the dancers take off their skirts and stagger around the room. The floor sways beneath our feet.”
Jury statement
