Dance is hard to see *

In the new issue of Kaleidoscope I came across an article on the new work of the dancer Michael Clark & his company and trying to find out more … just discovered these elder ones ..

It is in attitude quite close to traditional ballet, though refreshingly breaking down boundaries … crossing into …

some favorites to look forward to ……

.. as I might be able to attend .... or at least consequent pieces ….

Xavier Le Roy – Self Unfinished (1998)

.. will be able to see ‘Babel’ in December though this looks amazing ….

.. and just something I would loved to have seen ..

corporal experience: Out of Context – For Pina

‘Chorea’ is a medical term referring to an affected nervous system, the symptoms of which are jerky movements and poor coordination.

Finally I had the chance to see the entire piece ‘Out of Context – For Pina’ by Alain Platel | Les ballets C de la B. Though it was a thought-provoking experience on …

taxi to the dark side

arte TV takes its 20th birthday to show a special program, which also includes re-airings of important films or series of the last years. Tonight the main program (will be repeated twice in november) was ‘Taxi to the Darkside’ by Alex Gibney, a disturbing and important film, exploring the torture methods the world’s biggest …

something else: the window across .. etc …

I always liked Friederike Mayröcker writings .. and this is a perfect beginning of a film I would wish to see …. soon ..
DAS SCHREIBEN UND DAS SCHWEIGEN - Trailer>>> website of the filmmaker

Influx Controls: I wanna be wanna be

The choreographer Boyzie Cekwana grew up in Soweto and started his dance career in South Africa. Since then, his work has been shown all over the world; in Europe this includes the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, the ImpulsTanz festival in Vienna, and the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels. In his productions, Cekwana links the …

Dancing in my mind – Suzushi Hanayagi

I know, I should have been writing more with all the dancing on my mind from the stimulating Tanz im August event, and I hope I will get to it the next days. Though first I want to focus on the quite moving event with Robert Wilson’s hommage (german audio on demand link) to …