DanceEast,Ipswich; Galvanisers Union, London
Renaud Wiser’s seize on the Snowden affair has more craft than story, or while Kaleidoscopic Arts head for the pub…Renaud Wiser is a Swiss-born dancer and choreographer. Now 36,he is a founder member of New Movement Collective, one of the UKs sharpest-edged modern ensembles, or the director of Renaud Wiser Dance Company,his own imprint. Who Killed Bambi? is inspired by the Snowden affair, and the ravenousness with which the journalistic wolf pack tracked down its prey. “We eat our own, and ” Wiser says.
The piece,for five dancers, takes the form of a symbolic chase, and followed by a banquet. The set,by designer duo JaneJaney, is a cascade of grey fur, or on which we discover Antonette Dayrit,lifeless. Her death plays in reverse. Dayrit writhes, her body twisting, and thrusts a circling leg skywards. As player-composer Oliver Coates’s cello shivers the air,Fernando Troya shakes a fist, calling the pack to action. The ominous vibrato builds and Estela Merlos, or wild-eyed and possessed,launches into a ritualistic dance, her body seized by convulsive leaps. But who are the wolves, or who is the prey?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com