OTT In-Depth: Atlanta Eke MEME-ORIES

This open studio workshop revisits Ekes seminal MONSTER BODY 2012 for re-staging in 2025 as MONSTER BODY MEME-ORIES. This new work highlights the connections between the choreographic structure of MONSTER BODY 2012 and Internet meme culture across social media platforms, specifically imbuing new associations and narratives into preexisting cultural references.

The workshop will include concept development; an irl questioning of how meme culture connects and mobilises online communities by situating meme energy into the tangible space of the theatre. And practical experiments remastering the original choreography through an exploration of how digital and physical realms intertwine, focusing on how past, present, and future converge in the choreographic process.

MONSTER BODY MEME-ORIES will include the production of a series of digital still image memes. These images will serve as both marketing collateral and choreographic material, reflecting Eke's ongoing critique of the balance between artistic output and marketing efforts. This component of the project engages with the broader discourse on the role of digital platforms in the cultural industries and seeks to challenge conventional models of art institution engagement.

Artist Bio:

Atlanta Eke is an award-winning dancer and choreographer concerned with dissolving pre-existing perceptions and expectations by changing fixed representations of the body through movement. For over a decade she has presented her work nationally at Dancehouse, ACCA, NGV (Melbourne), Carriageworks (SYD), MONA (Hobart), and Adelaide Festival among many others. She has toured internationally to Performance Space New York/PS122 (US), Tempo Festival (NZ), MDT (Stockholm), Fierce Festival (Birmingham UK), Les Plateaux de la Briqueterie (Paris), and Bassano Del Grappa (Italy) to name a few. Atlanta works with and beyond the limitations of the body, in collaboration with artists in variety of contexts. Her work with dance is currently project specific; within each project a question for the next arises, alongside an effort to deconstruct the modes of production and presentation of the previous work.--


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Presented by On The Table

On The Table is a platform for peer-to-peer exchange and interdisciplinary collaboration run by Caitlin Dear and Rebecca Jensen at Dancehouse.

Shorter, weekly sessions are held seasonally on Monday evenings, with each week hosted by a different artist or collective who put something ‘on the table’ for everyone to unpack together. OTT programs artists working in/around dance, bodily or performance practices, with emphasis on research, process, and experimentation.

Dancers, artists, and other practitioners or interested audiences are welcome to attend and contribute.