In this production, Ninna Steen and Thomas Hejlesen take Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale about the red shoes and reshape it as animation theatre, robotics and horror. The performers are lifelike humanoid robots that act entirely on their own, with no human actors on stage. Androids, video-animated scenography and neoclassical electronica explore how readily we give life to dead objects and let ourselves be seduced by imitated life.
The story is a dark coming-of-age tale about a young girl, touching on obsession, self-amputation and the death drive, and it draws threads to the present day around gender, power and desire. It is the second part of the robot trilogy ANIMA MACHINA. Music is by Peter Kyed and the narration is by Nicolas Bro.
