Both Sitting Duet/Body Not Fit for Purpose - T1367622665 | |
| 20 Nov 17 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L01190303836 |
| 25 Apr 15 | The Tramway, Glasgow :: V621 listing details L1238802728 |
Cheap Lecture & The Cow Piece - T01927296365In Cheap Lecture and The Cow Piece (2009) Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion borrow the structure of John Cage's Lecture On Nothing to create a homage to and questioning of a way of thinking that has underpinned so much dance and performance in the last 30 years; the hour long event begins with a philosophical exposition of the two artists' work and ends in a chaotic and humourous meditation on death. | |
| 26 Apr 15 | The Tramway, Glasgow :: V621 listing details L1098459370 |
| 7 Oct 12 | Platform Theatre, Inner London :: V1649072558 listing details L01731833318 |
One Flute Note & Body Not Fit For Purpose - T2130747221Choreographer Jonathan Burrows and composer Matteo Fargion have been invited around the world with their unique brand of humour and intellectual rigour, radiating delight even as they make the audience think. Collaborators for 25 years, the two artists clash the formality of classical music composition with an open and often anarchic approach to performance, bringing them an international following. In this one hour performance they present two recent pieces. One Flute Note is a meditation on memory and music, which generates accumulating worlds of sound and action out of a single event. Body Not Fit For Purpose is their first overtly political work, commissioned by the 2014 Venice Biennale and taking as its starting point the uselessness of dancing to express anything of any real concern and at the same time the inherent, gloriously foolish radicality of the attempt. Running time: 1hr (no interval) | |
| 3 Feb 15 | The Lilian Baylis Theatre, Inner London :: V236 listing details L0232594140 |
Counting To One Hundred and One Flute Note - T01395279107Counting to One Hundred & One Flute Note (2011/12) continues the dissection of John Cage's structure, creating a performance about time, measurement and memory; each part will be shown separately and then brought together for the first time on the closing night of the festival. | |
| 14 Oct 12 | Platform Theatre, Inner London :: V1649072558 listing details L399188076 |
Speaking Dance - T01425945537Speaking Dance (2006) is the final part of Burrows' and Fargion's first trilogy of duets, which juxtaposed the formality of music composition with a radical and open approach to performance and audiences, closing with this piece, which represents the traditional finale of classical form. | |
| 12 Oct 12 | Platform Theatre, Inner London :: V1649072558 listing details L0860999178 |
Counting To One Hundred - T0131630968Counting To One Hundred is a piece about time, measurement and memory, which forms part of an ongoing conversation with the structure of John Cage's Lecture On Nothing, at once a homage to and questioning of a way of thinking that has underpinned so much dance and performance in the last 30 years. | |
| 10 Oct 12 | Platform Theatre, Inner London :: V1649072558 listing details L1539939843 |
One Flute Note - T084847125Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion describe what they do as 'handmade and human-scale'. They build with simple, non-spectacular elements but arrive often at a deceptive virtuosity, radiating delight even as it makes the audience think. One Flute Note is their most recent work. | |
| 5 Oct 12 | Platform Theatre, Inner London :: V1649072558 listing details L0660771659 |
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| 7 Oct 12 | Platform Theatre, Inner London :: V1649072558 listing details L2124960001 |
