Cobalt

15h, 26 April, 2025
Atelier 11 Cité Falguière, 75015 Paris

​Join us for an informal performance of Cobalt as the culminating event of Shion Skye Carter’s time as artist-in-residence at Atelier 11. The performance will be followed by the artist talk and Q&A moderated by a Paris-based movement artist and author Hiie Saumaa.

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If I cover myself in blue, perhaps I won’t feel so blue anymore?

Cobalt is a contemporary dance solo that reflects the vibrant, pigmented abundance that I strive to feel in my body, a body that I constantly scrutinize and critique; a body that doesn’t always feel like home. Moving through time from my childhood to the future, I oscillate between these portraits of self, attempting to succeed in the impossible task of existing at multiple ages, multiple identities, all at one moment.

During the residency with L'AiR Arts at Atelier 11, Shion aims to refine and lengthen their contemporary dance performance, Cobalt by diving deeper into the choreography of oscillating between portraits of the body at different ages.

To further develop the visual impact of the work, Shion's research focuses on French artist Yves Klein (1928-1962) and his shade of International Klein Blue that he created in Montparnasse. Honing in on this striking shade of blue, the artist will explore new ways of interacting with costume and objects as extensions of the moving body.

Photo: Lula-Belle Jedynak

We gratefully acknowledge Canada Council for the Arts, whose support has made this residency possible.