I Said I
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Feeling pretty confident about contemporary dance? Know your way around? Bring it on. It's time to leave the comfort zone.
I SAID I shatters everything you ever thought about dance and dancers. Bizarre, breathtaking and as full-on as you can get; expect to go home and rest afterwards. de Keersmaeker pushes her dancers to the physical and emotional limit as she explores how the individual can co-exist with others through the experience of daily life, work, routine, the expression of love, despair, joy and hope. Mixing the text of Peter Handke's Self-Accusation, dancers' own words, de Keersmaeker's characteristic clipped choreography and live music,
I Said I reaches a level of nervy frenzy which seems all consuming, before making way for quieter, more contemplative movements. Dancers build and dismantle sets, strip and dress, wrap themselves in blankets, scream, sing, reveal chunks of their souls and dance like their lives depend on it The finale is the first movement from Brahms's Piano Trio No. 1 - played just for itself, and to take you back somewhere safe. You have been warned.
Archive :: dance or ballet:S02021938336, venue:V371
Production details
BITE 01. Barbican Theatre
