Rêverie (Oktawia Scibior, Samory Ba, France 2020)

Created during a lockdown, by skating-artists Oktawia Scibior and Samory Ba Music by Jasmin Boivin ___________________ Oktawia Scibior and Samory Ba are ex-high-level figure skaters. Over the past years, they have been exploring a modern approach to ice skating, focusing on finding unique choreographic possibilities allowed by glide on ice. The current worldwide pandemic, which resulted in i.a. ice rinks closures, forced them to trade their figure skates for rollers, and relocate their artistic work in the outdoor public space. This new context, with drastic lockdown rules, triggered the creation of "Rêverie" - a visual experience intended to challenge the perception of the viewer.