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przedThe annual Luminato arts festival is on right now, and I found out a few months ago that they were bringing Pina Bausch's dance company, Tanztheater Wuppertal, to perform one of her longer pieces, Kontakhof. I'd adored what I'd seen of Bausch's choreography in Wim Wender's documentary, Pina, so I got us tickets for tonight.
It was brilliant.
The performance was nearly three hours with intermission, and it never flagged once. I was funny and playful and shocking and fascinating. It's set in a dance hall, with men and women in formal dress who play off each other in interesting ways, and is as much theatre as dance.
This is the opening of the piece, which gives you an idea of how it's constructed, with simple movements gradually building up in complexity.
And here's one of the more chaotic sections. (Which when you look at what individual performers are doing, ends up being much more controlled than it seems.)
It was brilliant.
The performance was nearly three hours with intermission, and it never flagged once. I was funny and playful and shocking and fascinating. It's set in a dance hall, with men and women in formal dress who play off each other in interesting ways, and is as much theatre as dance.
This is the opening of the piece, which gives you an idea of how it's constructed, with simple movements gradually building up in complexity.
And here's one of the more chaotic sections. (Which when you look at what individual performers are doing, ends up being much more controlled than it seems.)
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Date: 2014-06-13 03:25 pm (UTC)