Lois Alexander - Aerowaves

Neptune

The Netherlands/Germany The Twenty21

Lois Alexander uses water and its transformational qualities as points of departure to reflect on her position as a woman situated at the margins. Water has three states: solid, liquid, gas, and it is always in transition. Surrounded by melting blocks of ice, the artist examines the social structures that continue to effect women of color and rewrites the narrative from her own perspective. Through the intersection of dance, visual art and sound, Neptune creates a universe that triggers the imagination to form new modes of existence. Neptune is a collaboration between scenographer Nina Kay and composer Shannon Sea.

Biography

Lois Alexander (United States, 1991) is a dancer and choreographer based between Berlin and Amsterdam. Alexander graduated from The Juilliard School with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance in 2014, and since then has worked with choreographers and directors: Stijn Celis, Christoph Winkler, Romeo Castellucci, Susanne Linke, and Zufit Simon.

Alexander’s approach embraces the intimacy of the personal and at the same time addresses the politics of her existence.

In 2018, Lois made her first solo, Fading Fire, which premiered in Dansmakers Amsterdam and then went on tour throughout the Netherlands with the Moving Futures Festival in 2019. Her second solo, Neptune began its process during the New Adventures Residency in Dansmakers Amsterdam in 2019 and premiered during Tanztage Berlin in 2020. Neptune is supported by Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst and is a co-production of Dansmakers Amsterdam and Sophiensäle Berlin.

Performances

19 August 2021 Neptune at B. Motion festival Bassano del Grappa, Italy Find out more

19 July 2021 Neptune at Kilowatt festival Sansepolcro, Italy Find out more

15 July 2021 Neptune at Julidans festival Amsterdam, The Netherlands Find out more

24 April 2021 Neptune and Ruins Find out more