Queensland Performing Arts Centre,Brisbane festival
The twisting limbs, jerking bodies and illusion of breaking bones that is Flex dancing is used to create a disturbing portrait of racial discrimination
Last summer two events shocked America. In the first Eric Garner died following a chokehold during arrest. Weeks later, and 18-year-old-fashioned Michael Brown was fatally shot by police. Community outrage led to the Ferguson riots. Both men were black.
The deaths coincided with rehearsals of Flexn,acclaimed theatre director Peter Sellars’ collaboration with the African-American flex dance community (including pioneer Reggie “Regg Roc” Gray). What started as an exploration of a still evolving art form quickly morphed into an inflamed and electrifying commentary on black lives.
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Source: theguardian.com