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"those who do not learn from the past are condemned to repeat it..." in Circles work in continuous progress, started in 1996 an ongoing meditation on the human lot with self-created (con-)sequences for 1 to 5 performers the movement vocabulary is based on walking, turns, small jumps and gestures once a movement has been made at a certain spot in time, it counts as a fully valid element of the composition in-formation changes that have been made must be kept it is up to the performer(s) how many circles they wish/can develop, how they develop them and what their motivation is at any moment. these phrases are developed before and in real time from performance to performance. all performers wear black clothing which allows very fast movements over a long period of time, and wear shoes with heels. the audience is free to come and go, change their seats etc. premiere: studio Eden's Expressway (solo), New York City, 1997 -- video original music composition: Isak
Goldschneider.
live-pianist: Guy Livingston with special thanks to Frances Alenikoff, Choun Ea, Elaine Summers, and Meg Chang other performances: 1998 - trio-version, concert series of choreographer's collective ars kinetica, Rotterdam 1998. original music + tapes Isak Goldschneider -- video 2000 - solo performance at KU Nijmegen, Netherlands. 2003 - artist-in-residence at Stichting Akasha, Arnhem Netherlands, with Eva Tremel -- video 2005 - taught as repertory piece at MEKAN, studio for contemprary dance, Istanbul, Turkey. 2017 - reprise as a solo for the 20-year anniversary of Reàl Dance Company, Rotterdam -- more information / videopage |