João Lima: Cavalo do Cão
A choreographic attempt to show the need to reflect on history, specifically colonialism and its repercussions
Veronica Posth
Dragana Bulut: Beyond Love
An exploration of the commodification of love that poses questions in an unusual, amusing and highly interactive performance.
Mette Ingvartsen Constellation
Three programmes blending dance and movement with other disciplines including language, and a delve into the politics of sexuality
A message for today: Akram Khan’s Jungle Book reimagined
Greed, exploitation, fear, desperation, concern, hopelessness, but also a message that change is possible
Life and death, the worldly and otherworldly: Asun Noales’ La mort I la donzella
The passage from life to death, premature death, the pain and dismay after the death of beloved ones…the fragility of life…
Light, shadow, and balloons in three by Philippe Saire
Vittorio Bertolli and Philippe Chosson were remarkably expressive in Hocus Pocus and Vacuum, works that both make great use of light and darkness
Thomas Hauert & ZOO: Efeu
Mercat de les Flors, BarcelonaJanuary 20, 2023 At the end of a sunny day, as most Barcelona days are, even in winter, Swiss dancer Thomas Hauert and his company ZOO performed at the beautiful La Casa de la Danza, better known as Mercat de les Flors, the city’s theatre dedicated to showing contemporary dance. Founded … Read more
A rollercoaster of feelings: LOST TRACK by Sommer Ulrickson
An excellent show. Relational dynamics abound. Jealousy, flirting, fun, excitement, make-outs, clashes, displeasure and mixed feelings are showcased
A vision of a disturbing, dystopian eco-dictatorship: Daniela Marcozzi’s monstrous
What if women could be artificially inseminated with animals, plants, minerals, emotions, natural phenomena and behaviours useful to an eco-regime?
In sync with the underground world of today’s Berlin: Zoe Gyssler’s Firestarter
Surreal queerness, limitless imagination, kinky fantasies, mystical visions, loud, monotonous techno, kitschy excesses…and a pinch of occultism
Tanz im August: new takes on flamenco and ballet, and a dash of hip hop
Sometimes more performance-oriented than dance-driven, the festival demonstrated how the various arts languages are increasingly combining