Catherine Diverres (France)

T01757676681

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Archive :: production:T01757676681, dance or ballet:S01661264708, venue:V621

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San (Beyond)/Stance II

San (beyond), a homage to Bauhaus master Oskar Schlemmer, is a game with light and geometric figures. Three men in silhouette are joined by two female visions, one a man in drag evoking the Weimar Republic cabaret of the 1930s, the other in a long tight-fitting red dress, reclining on a stairway. San (beyond) is a moody, visually arresting piece which perfectly captures Schlemmer's philosophy on design and motion. In Stance II, an uncluttered stage is occupied by a lone figure in a long dress, bathed in a background of golden light. The piece was influenced by Diverres' time spent with Kazuo Ohno, a seminal practitioner of the post-war Japanese dance form, Butoh, and echoes the beauty and grace of classical Chinese and Japanese paintings. New Territories Performance