Really cool dance show

I will update this post later when I have the name of the show in front of me.

Gabry and I went to this dance show on Thursday last that was a unique project. Not entirely unique as the creator has had this piece performed by 15 groups, but still unlike work I am used to seeing. This man scripted/scored a performance in three parts. Three different choreographers/groups in three different countries each select three dancers to perform the choreography created from the script/score. They rehearse on their own while knowing they will all ultimately share the same performance space. When they are finally united, one group goes first the the first of three sections (each group will perform the three segments of the performance in the same order although the order (of groups and of segments) changes each night). During the intermission between segments, the second group comes onstage to prepare. Then, as the first group moves into their choreography for the second segment, the second group begins their choreography for the first segment. It builds to having all three groups on stage, each performing their choreography for a different segment and then tapers off until the third group is alone on the stage performing their choreography for the third segment. And then the stage is empty.

The script/score for the performance has specifications for when there must be text, when text is allowed, and when announcements are allowed. Each segment as 13 one-minute moments. For all three segments, some of the movements are the same. There are moments when everyone is doing 'disco' or 'working' or 'fucking' or 'dying' and then there are times when two groups are 'watching/waiting' while the other group does 'Lovestory'. It makes for interesting commentary on differences in culture, in movement, in private/public spaces, in personal spaces. And on rules, especially because some of the groups broke rules more deliberately than others.

It was really neat.