those brilliant Brit bits
i left for work at 8am on friday morning and didn’t get back home until 4am. i’m not sure how that happened, but i do know that i had a great time, especially during the earlier part of the evening, when me and Kicki joined Silverstein and her house mates for an improvised dinner party.
turns out that ilana’s new roommate, Daniel, is the boyfriend of the established choreographer and art director of “Green Bean Dance” in London, Katie Green.
chatting about UK dance companies made me think of some work by DV8 physical theatre that i haven’t seen in years. this led to a lengthy youtube session watching some of the just ridiculously amazing work they’ve produced.
DV8 is such an amazing company that does mind blowing work, but they also do such different work. just take a look at the first and second clip.
“Strange Fish”
“Enter Achilles” (–GOTTA watch the transition from the beginning which is very theatrical to the end which is very physical. and if you’re gonna cheat, watch from around 3 minutes and on.)
“Enter Achilles” (second part)
lastly, this work, “Dead dreams of monochrome men“, which believe it or not, is from ‘89, is i think one the most interesting work that deals with male gay culture.
man, i love this stuff. and watching these works make me think of an ongoing conversation i’ve been having with Miss Abrams about how choreographic work relates to the dancers as humans or bodies. to generalize, Abrams comes from a place where she naturally relates to dancers as people, whereas i naturally relate to dancers as an instrument for abstract movements.
i find the “people” aspect of these works by DV8 absolutely captivating. they way they are so real and human is very much a starting point for the pieces it seems. it almost makes me think that i’m crazy for ever relating to a dancer’s body as anything else than a person.
anyway, just wanted to post these links. need to think more about this. much more!
