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ELFENBEINHAUT
ELFENBEINHAUT TANZCOMPAGNIE OLDENBURG (2012) ELFENBEINHAUT was originally created for MOTUS, an evening of ten short pieces made by the dancers of Tanzcompagnie Oldenburg and closely connected to living in the city of Oldenburg. What moves that city, who moves it and in what way does movement play a vital role in our lives were questions […]
INLAND
INLAND MICHAEL LOEHR (2011) INLAND deals with the vastness of our inner landscapes and the essential need to communicate, even whilst facing situations where we are unable to form our thoughts, mute to voice our feelings, incapable of controlling our moves, alone to share our needs… If, in spite of our inabilities and constant failure, […]
BRILLIANT CORNERS
BRILLIANT CORNERS EMANUEL GAT DANCE (2011) The work explores the forces, both mechanical and human, which generate the choreographic substance. The ever evolving structures are a direct manifestation of these forces and as such, hold reveling qualities and possible insights. Within the simplicity and clarity of a well-determined square of light, unfolds an ever-changing choreographic organism. […]
LET ME CHANGE YOUR NAME
LET ME CHANGE YOUR NAME AHN EUN-ME COMPANY (2010) In LET ME CHANGE YOUR NAME dancers of different nationalities come together to explore the meeting and clash of different cultures – creating a world of an alter-reality that transcends normal time and space and allows bodies to be born with different colours. The topic of […]
AH!
AH! OVAL (2010) The video to Oval’s track AH! tells the story of two bodies at work: a contemporary dance piece and a musical structure. The focus lies on a human body struggling for rhythm. With every movement during which each bone and muscle produce their own sound outside of the music, it is increasingly off […]
WITHIN SPACES
WITHIN SPACES IMPROVISTATIONAL PERFORMANCE (2010) OT301 is one of the famous subculture centers of Amsterdam – and it is one of the six protagonists of WITHIN SPACES. The others are a double bass player, a human beatbox and three dancers. They all have a very strong yet different physicality. Loaded with their individual influences, experiences […]
TEJAS
TEJAS IMPROVISATIONAL PERFORMANCE (2010) Transformation, movement, motion, e-motion, borders, encounters, sensation, touch, listening, one, one moment, instant, impulse, start, journey, discovery, surprise, change, speed, adaption, beginning, end, becoming, you, me, us, we, in space, running, diving, moving, turning, breathing, feeling, sensing, seeing, meeting, knowing, letting go, being, just being, constantly changing, flowing, transforming…
CAUTION FRAGILE
CAUTION FRAGILE CHASQUI GROUP (2010) Feel like a star! Broadcast yourself! Because you’re worth it! These are by no means just marketing taglines but the real guiding themes for designing our everyday lives. A wide range of assistants are boosting our pleasure mechanisms: proliferating therapies are keeping us beautiful and young, WEB 2.0 lets us be […]
GET A LEG UP
GET A LEG UP DEATH BY GLITTER (2010) A clairvoyant eyes her success and schemes with the power of a prince to elevate her position at any cost. A plan is hatched, evil feeds a fire. Everyone loses, charity included. Clint Lutes twists a factual story to create an intricate fictional scenario of greed, betrayal, […]
THE RITE OF SPRING
THE RITE OF SPRING EMANUEL GAT DANCE (2009) Emanuel Gat’s critically acclaimed version of THE RITE OF SPRING combines Igor Stravinsky’s legendary musical score with cuban salsa dancing. At full speed, couples form, break off, partners are changed without the movement stopping, forming an uninterrupted chain of salsa and creating a crescendo of anxiety until […]