Othello

The choreography I designed for Othello presents a parallel world that is very different from the original film, with Iago, the villainous character from the original film, as the dominant character. In this world, everything is dominated by Iago, who is in charge of everything in the world like an archivist, but in reality he can't intervene too much in the world or the world will collapse.

The stage design is inspired by libraries or archives, and the overall presentation is well organised. Each grid on the wall is a box, managed by Iago, just like Pandora's box. Opening a box changes the story and affects the direction of the plot. And the big box that appears in Act III is an enlarged version of each of the smaller boxes on the wall, with the rest of the cast inside. They don't try to leave the box until they realise that someone is interfering with their lives.

The glass joint venture that appears on stage is a folding box that cannot be made to fall from the sky because of the limited space in the theatre. Therefore, it had to be placed on the floor at all times and folded into a square box by its own movement. The design is inspired by the stage of Alexander Mcqueen's 2001 fashion show, but unlike it, it lacks some mechanics. Therefore, I define this box as a performance device.

Overall, the choreography for my adaptation of Othello was based on my love for the character of Iago and my satire of bureaucracy in the real world. In this world, everything goes with the flow, without interfering too much with the natural laws of growth of all things.