Figure trailer | Studio Boekman

Clothing is part of virtually every dance work — that’s nothing new. But what happens when fashion transcends its role as costume? When choreography, music, and narrative flow from clothing design, rather than the other way around? In Figure, fashion designer Lisa Konno invites you on her quest to answer that question. Together with choreographer Peter Leung, she creates an innovative cross-over between fashion show and dance performance, where the sound of her designs — which combine textiles with ceramics — determines both the music and the movements. At the same time, Figure tells a personal coming-of-age story, in which Konno’s wearable artworks symbolize how fashion can be both liberating and constraining for women.

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