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Julie Aldivina Thérond
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Following
a first education in Dance and Theatre Studies in France (Sorbonne
Nouvelle, Paris III), Julie Aldivina Thérond moved 7 years ago to The Netherlands where she has worked as
a cook, stage designer, performance and food artist. Interested in
contemporary performance practices and theatre anthropology, she has
gradually removed herself from the theatres to enter into new spaces
and strategies to meet her audiences. In doing so,
she has been working cross disciplines, using both an intellectual
and intuitive approach to the creative process: a context in which
forms are not pre-defined but free to be born again and adapt to
situations. In 2004, she has founded ALDIVINA - an
interdisciplinary organisation, from a performance approach with the
presence of visual art, ritual and food. Her
performances explore the intimate, personal, and quotidian aspects of
life that are normally taken for granted. Questioning the multiple
realities of the body, her generous performances are sensual,
seductive as well as subverting our standards of aesthetic. Past
works have involved long banquet tables with exposure of food
elements, an installation-performance in public bathrooms inquiring
into the issue of intimacy in public spaces, and various
interventions of Pink Girl | Sugar Free Love in private and public
venues. Currently based between The Netherlands and The UK, Julie Aldivina Thérond
is finishing a MA in performance at Goldsmiths College, University of
London. At the moment, she is also working as an artist-facilitator
on the project ‘Eat London’ organised by London International
Festival of Theatre (LIFT) and consisting of building the city of
London out of food elements.
Projects by Julie at The Facility:
» Pink
Girl | Sugar Free Love
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