Performance

VenueThe Place Theatre
Other spaces: Robin Howard Dance Theatre
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From12th September 2008
To12th September 2008
When20:00
PricesFrom £5.00. To £15.00.
What is currently on at The Place Theatre (V240)

The Place Prize

T207120158


Archive :: production:T207120158, dance or ballet:S670676715, venue:V240

Semi-Final 3 - Dam Van Hunyh/Philine Janssens/Darren Johnston/Kyoung-Shin Kim/Bettina Strickler

Dam Van Hunyh's trio focuses on the male torso. "The inspiration for the work is based on observations of everyday people and their daily activity. I am inspired by the way every individual approaches an event or a problem with their own unique physical interpretation. As no two people open a door, smoke a cigarette or walk their dog in the same way, I’m aiming to observe and comment on how the body moves to accommodate every situation." Philine Janssens is aiming to make, "a compilation of the emotional, the real and the absurd. I want the audiences to feel physically involved with what happens on stage. The timing and structure of the piece will play with your expectations, anticipation, surprise and suspense. My inspiration comes from film directors such as Kubrick, Wong Kar-Wai, Jeunet and Caro, literature by Sarah Kane, Suskin and Sartre, as well as from contemporary choreographers like Wim Vandekeybus, Jan Fabre and Keegan Dolan." Darren Johnston presents a hypnotic solo of ensemble proportions. 'When the mind is disturbed, the multiplicity of things is produced, but when the mind is quieted the multiplicity of things disappears' (Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics). A collision of sound, video and live performance, this is a journey into the subconscious. A solo performer is joined by multiple simulations of himself, culminating in a strange ensemble performance by the real and the virtual. The purpose of Kyoung-Shin Kim's Oblivion is to express extreme images of life and death. Shin's starting point was the nature of pain, and how it can overwhelm us in the present yet seem like nothing when we think back to that moment as time goes by. His work for four dancers is inspired by the question of where happiness and tragedy begin and end. Bettina Strickler's work examines random but significant moments in the life of a fictitious woman - Nora Torrington. The piece looks at the nature of memory and questions what we will remember at the end of our lives? Big, earth shattering events? Births, deaths, divorce? Or the small details: smells, glances, gestures, someone’s laughter, someone’s touch? There will be four performers on stage - one dancer [Elisabetta D’Aloia], one opera singer/dancer Claudio Girar, one actress Irene Hardy and composer Simon Redfern. Robin Howard Dance Theatre

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