[dance-tech] Re: Atmospheric studies/compositions

I saw Forsythe's company last night in London, presenting the new version of "3 atmospheric studies",
and it has received a surprisingly political response, and also seems to have shifted its tone since 2005.

I'm curious: what "political response" are you referring to? I've read a couple of reviews, both of which describe the work pretty accurately in terms of its effect. I'm trying to remember what the company were saying about the reception they received in Paris...

I'll post some notes from that evening soon, and also some notes/ quotes from the "program" . Anyone else who's seen it and wants to tell us their
critical impressions?

I see it's been challenged in the media with the usual "is it dance" question (even though the company no longer has "Ballett" in its name), but it comes across to me, in form, as a standard Forsythe work, with constructions of sound, dramaturgy, movement and staging. What makes it unusual, of course, is that it's so politically highly charged; given that, its power comes from Forsythe's deftness of process, preventing the work from being too literal or prescriptive, too much of a rant or a sermon.

Politics aside, I personally felt that Kammer/Kammer was more emotionally charged. (Again, Dana and Jone in key roles of both narrative and movement.)

PS. Monaco Dance Forum, December 11-18, 2006, no longer distinguishes between dance and digital dance or dance-with- technologies. Emphasis will be given to the works, installations, etc as artworks. This is a lovely step.

Indeed. I actually had a proposal in at MDF for an interactive installation work which was originally commissioned for a exhibition of written musical scores; I consider the choreographic content to be incidental (or, if you prefer, emergent).


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