© Teodora Mihai

Concept, Direction: Tuur Marinus
Creation, Dance: Fabián Barba/Benjamin Vandewalle, Marisa Cabal, Tuur Marinus, Stav Yeini
Production: Caravan Production for Busy Rocks
Residencies: Rosas/P.A.R.T.S Summer Studios (Brussel, BE), Monty (Antwerpen, BE), Beursschouwburg (Brussel, BE)
Co-production: Beursschouwburg (Brussel, BE)
With the support of the Flemish Government, The Flemish Community Commission
Busy Rocks is artist in residence in Beursschouwburg (Brussel, BE)

The dancers that appear on stage in Studium are coupled to other bodies in machine-like constellations. The audience experiences a photographical zoom-in on dancers during their executing of movement patterns that at the same time are very precise and yet completely absurd. This way Studium questions the ‘drive’ of the dancers: what is it that moves them to such a behavior?

Should we look at the dancer that imitates the running cat as the expression of a virtuous soloist, or are his movements rather being produced by the animal-machine that he seems to be trapped inside? This choreography, created with a meticulous studying and care for detail and composition, results in a fascinating mix of aimlessness, humor and absurdity.



PERFORMANCE DATA

26.10.2010 (20:30) (Work in Progress Showing) Hit The Stage, Monty, Antwerpen (BE)
www.monty.be
11.11.2010 (20:30) PREMIERE, BITS(&pieces), Beursschouwburg, Brussel (BE)
www.beursschouwburg.be
12.11.2010 (14:00, 20:30) BITS(&pieces), Beursschouwburg, Brussel (BE)
www.beursschouwburg.be
26.11.2010 (21:30) Cultuurcentrum Hasselt (BE)
www.ccha.be