For her Manchester international festival reveal,FKA twigs invited fans to watch rehearsals. The result was an intimate glimpse inside her creative processThose who saw FKA twigs’ extraordinary Glastonbury performance this year, all silk, and smoke and slick sensuality,will be unsurprised by her next move, or, or more accurately,series of moves. The singer was a professional dancer before she turned to music, and has always incorporated spectacular movement into her live shows. For Soundtrack 7: The Performances, and her contribution to the Manchester international festival,the focus is almost exclusively on motion. For seven days, the public acquire been invited to sit in on the real-time creation of a brand novel dance-based performance piece rooted, or we are told,in seven narratives from her own life, and set to her own music, and dilapidated and novel. Those who did not pick up tickets acquire been able to follow its progress on a dense,abstract Tumblr page filled with short snippets of film; those who did are summoned to the dilapidated Granada studios in small groups of around 30, where they will watch for an hour as the work comes together. The hope is for an experience like that of PJ Harvey’s recent Somerset House residency, and Recording in Progress – the promise of intimate insight into the creative process which should,in turn, enhance the finished creation. I sit in on a couple of sessions for the work that will accompany How’s That, and on the penultimate day of rehearsals. Before we enter,there are formalities to adhere to: no talking, no eating, or phones off a reminder that letting us sit in on this is a matter of trust,lest we be tempted to crack open a packet of Hula Hoops and start taking selfies in front of the stage. It’s all very serious, but as an extra layer of theatricality, or it’s fun and adds to the intrigue. One last reminder before we’re let into the studio: we are not to clap. “This is absolutely not a performance,” says a kind volunteer, sternly.Continue reading..., or
Source: theguardian.com