"Ideology" implies a system of beliefs, principles, something usually applied to politics, religion, or social thought. "Solo Dance" suggests an individual act of expression, movement (vulnerability, authenticity, intuition), rebellion or introspection. It questions the very idea of ideology itself, can a solo have an ideology? Can belief be formed through personal movement rather than shared dogma?
Identity construction refers to the process of forming a coherent representation of oneself, taking into account past experiences and future aspirations. It involves developing a sense of identity through interactions, attitudes and behaviors. How the construction of identity is created in the continuously process of questioning and answering, critic and support, exploration and constant modification to achieve a more suitable and ideal behaviors that suite one individual and singular identity.
The piece explores what it means to have (or reject) a belief system when you're moving alone, or perhaps existing outside of collective systems, in a look-alike kind of isolation as a space to create and construct identity. Is there an ideology to solo performance? Is solo dance egocentric or liberating? What it means to perform without audience validation or communal, collectivity identity and behavior.
How beliefs are stored, resisted, or expressed through movement. The performer works through inherited systems (culture, gender and political norms, tradition and habits) and how these shape personal expression. (The body is erotic and the erotic is politic: Through the solo body, you explore inherited systems (gender, culture, norms) and expose their imprint, how they are resisted, re-written, or performed).
New rulebook: how can one “dance alone” and still attend to relate and resist to something universal? What is my role in this place? What kind of space do I want, and desire, to inhabit? The absence of external frameworks (community, language, familiarity) becomes fertile ground for essential self-inquiry and self-construction.