Performances
The new show was a BIG success. I am very happy with all three pieces. The video for the second performance of Dog Shelter is now online. I've also uploaded a video of the second performance of Morning Light. A recording of the first performance of Une Pensée Ininterrompue is now also online! I'll be posting more excerpts soon.
The new pieces explore dance as a form of thinking and seek to answer the question "Wozu Tanz in dürftiger Zeit?" (Why dance in a desolate time?). They were inspired by my readings of Alain Finkielkraut, Jacques Rancière and David Foster Wallace. Dance is a part of society and as likely to be in the vanguard of and to lag behind social developments and transformations. The overall message of the new pieces is one of optimism and hope. Rather than holding up a mirror to society it explores different perspectives that permit one to move beyond oneself. The new work speaks of a belief in the power of art and the imagination. The nuances of life are not contained in life itself, but are given to us by art.
Enjoy some excerpts from the first rehearsals and come and see the show. It's going to be very good.
Dog Shelter
Concept & Choreography: Ivar Hagendoorn
Dancer: Irene Cortina González
Music: TBA
Une Pensée Ininterrompue
Concept & Choreography: Ivar Hagendoorn
Dancer: Irene Cortina González
Music: Thierry Blondeau
Morning Light
Concept & Choreography: Ivar Hagendoorn
Dancer: Irene Cortina González
Music: Stuart Dempster
Also check out some excerpts from Field Study No.1 a new dance installation piece, which we did last year.