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Sascha Waltz - At BAM

11/5/2010

 
Just encountered Sascha Walt's choreographic dance theatre for the first time. An amazing surreal journey into a place that is both deeply uncomfortable but utterly absorbing. This two hour ride takes you through three different theatrical landscapes where dancers literally reconfigure the architecture in front of you. An immersive experience, which would be better suited to a space where the audience wasn't watching a proscenium arch theatre. But if it has to be done, BAM is your venue!
Being a part of the sound-scape, the smells of fire, the actual fire that had to be put out onstage, the floorboard being ripped up in front of you, dancers walking around with sticks inside their clothes and a cacophony of images, which put together began to make you feel like you were witnessing both Armageddon and some beautiful transformative moment, was such a treat.

It's not easy work to digest. And it's definitely not everyone's taste. But it reminds me of the visceral masterpieces of Castelluci and other prolific image makers who fearlessly give a public something less literal, less easy and less obvious. Amazing. So glad I went tonight.


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  • About
  • Projects
    • ASSEMBLE
    • SANCTUARY CITY
    • BEYOND THE WALL
    • ACCESS POINTS
    • WE DON'T LIVE ON MARS YET
    • PORT CITIES NYC >
      • PORT CITIES - The developmental process >
        • Spectral Traces symposium, Maynooth Dublin.
    • L'CHAIM
    • AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
    • EYTON RD >
      • Eyton Rd - the exploration 2007
    • IN OTHER WORDS >
      • Spaces Of Listening - conversations in Melbourne and Buenos Aries
    • SITE >
      • site - research and development
      • Heritage Sites / Political Spaces: Rethinking Belonging - symposium, University of Minnesota 2007
    • THE LACUNA PROJECT
    • TOKOLOSHE
    • Workshops /Residencies / Guest Artist presentations.
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    • Europe 2008 - Heritage & Performance Research
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