A Ghostly Version Of 'Don't Cha' Is Challenging Gender Binaries

Artist Claudia Palazzo shows you how

What do you think you’d get by combining an Essex shower room, sultry dancers and Don’t Cha by The Pussycat Dolls?

(Performers left to right: Tom Tree, Francis Doody, Grace Nicol)

This new fashion film directed by Claudia Palazzo uses Francis Doody and Thomas Swarman’s haunting reworking of the iconic PCD track. It takes the viewer on an emotional journey through the anxieties associated with choosing an identity in a society that rejects fluidity.

(Performer: Grace Nicol for Boom Done Shop)

The raw and gritty performances speak to our fears, fantasies and sense of fun.

“I often think about how we perform being ourselves and what it means to lose yourself.” Claudia Palazzo (Director and Choreographer) - via Gender And The City.

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CLAUDIA PALAZZO X FRANCIS DOODY X BOOM DONE SHOP

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Palazzo is already an established artist in the European live arts scene, having performed in Sadler’s Wells and Kulturhuset Stadsteatern.

She has also collaborated with big names such as Eddie Peake, Ann Liv Young and experimental composer Merlyn Silva. This piece, her directorial debut demonstrates that her talents extend beyond theatre and dance.

She is one to watch and follow.

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