Fred Sandback – spatial wiring

Currently – in the show ‘Raum der Linie’ in Munich – I came across some works of Fred Sandback and was left stunned by two different facts: one the fragility, though absolute presence of these works and second – how could I have overlooked them for so long. Some works feel oddly familiar, like …

Pioneers Of The Downtown Scene NYC

The current exhibition Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown, Gordon Matta-Clark – Pioneers of the Downtown Scene, New York 1970s is much more interesting than many other recent one’s in this field in my opinion.

Performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson, choreographer Trisha Brown and artist Gordon Matta-Clark were friends and active participants in the …

The Offside Rules

‘The Offside Rules’ is the last production form the dancegroup around Constanza Macras, which was commissioned by the Goethe Institut for the 2010 football World Cup. In this coproduction of the Goethe-Institut South Africa, the Market Theatre, Johannesburg, and Constanza Macras/Dorky Park, three performers from Macras’ company teamed up with dancers from Johannesburg, who …

Danced Diversity

Spoken language and body language, both mix in an exquisite way in the latest piece of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui en Damien Jalet – BABEL (words). The piece fascinatingly shows a wide variety of expressions including aggression, humor, an almost slapstick-like behavior and a deep sensuality for the forms and languages of the body, – ...

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 …