The Red Chair, 2017
Devised theater performance
Artspace, New Haven, CT; Dixon Place, NYC
Using room-size paper installation, live performance, shadow imagery, projected animation, and sound, The Red Chair accentuates
contradictory ideas of freedom and confinement from a female perspective. The work focuses on female courage and discovery of an
independent voice to explore complexities in women’s relationships and the ways they inform one’s chosen path. Paper is used as the
primary material and conceptual tool because of its transformative and resilient qualities. The nonverbal movement performance is enveloped
in light and shadows and follows a female character as she moves from entrapment to freedom, a journey that requires continuous female
support.
Devised, Created and Performed by: Jelena Prljević, Margarita Blush, Braley Degenhardt
Installation/Set Concieved, Designed and Created by: Jelena Prljević
Performance coaching by: Margarita Blush
Costume Design: Jelena Antanasijević
Music and Sound: Slobodan Jukić Sloxxx
Photo Credits: Ting Zhou
Video Documentation: Jelena Prljević