I came along to the show with some friends, one of whom is a professional dancer. I felt lucky that I would have someone to discuss the show with after that could give a professional opinion on the genre.
We were both left the venue completely confused.
The show has an incredibly interesting idea; however, it seemed more like performance art rather than a dance piece. This is important because if you are expecting to see a dance show and there is no dance, you cannot rate it highly.
I also felt like the show should have been marketed as a work-in-progress (WIP) as it really felt like it was a collection of ideas being tested on an audience rather than a fully-developed performance. I have been to plenty of work-in-progress shows in the past, and I enjoy them more when I know I'm there to essentially help the show to develop. If this show is the finished piece, then I have to say it needs more work.
The show seemed to encourage disrespecting boundaries as the action showed continuation of play even after clear instructions to stop.
The quick changes took an exceedingly long amount of time, the audience being left in both silence and darkness for minutes as the two characters changed.
I did, however, find one piece of the show rather touching. A section of the show has the female performer tied up on a chain, uncomfortable with the actions of a person wanting them to call them mother, telling they love them. She refuses and calls her motherland, wanting to escape her. All four of my party who came to see the show either are, or at one point have been, immigrants. We know what it's like to be fearful of or betrayed by our own country, something we are supposed to love but quite often doesn't really love us back, all the while expecting that love from us through none of our own benefit.
In our world, the perception of bondage or BDSM for some will be defined by the horrific 50 Shades of Grey novels. I have seen a few interpretations of these ideas, and I was curious to see how a dance show would take on this subject matter.
I came along to the show with some friends, one of whom is a professional dancer. I felt lucky that I would have someone to discuss the show with after that could give a professional opinion on the genre.
We were both left the venue completely confused.
The show has an incredibly interesting idea; however, it seemed more like performance art rather than a dance piece. This is important because if you are expecting to see a dance show and there is no dance, you cannot rate it highly.
I also felt like the show should have been marketed as a work-in-progress (WIP) as it really felt like it was a collection of ideas being tested on an audience rather than a fully-developed performance. I have been to plenty of work-in-progress shows in the past, and I enjoy them more when I know I'm there to essentially help the show to develop. If this show is the finished piece, then I have to say it needs more work.
The show seemed to encourage disrespecting boundaries as the action showed continuation of play even after clear instructions to stop.
The quick changes took an exceedingly long amount of time, the audience being left in both silence and darkness for minutes as the two characters changed.
I did, however, find one piece of the show rather touching. A section of the show has the female performer tied up on a chain, uncomfortable with the actions of a person wanting them to call them mother, telling they love them. She refuses and calls her motherland, wanting to escape her. All four of my party who came to see the show either are, or at one point have been, immigrants. We know what it's like to be fearful of or betrayed by our own country, something we are supposed to love but quite often doesn't really love us back, all the while expecting that love from us through none of our own benefit.
I feel my rating would be higher if this was labeled as both performance art and a work in progress, but going off the advertised fully developed dance show description, I can really only give it one star.
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I hope you all find some amazing shows to see, and I hope you have a fantastic fringe! 😁
Love,
Tony x
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