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first performed in 2000 in the studio of Dansateliers, dependance Schiedam, Netherlands premiere at Kunstencentrum Burgvliet, Gouda, Netherlands with Cor Kapaan and Danielle Füeglistaller "der Mussolini" shown at showcase Danswerkplaats Amsterdam, October 2000 popERA was created as a self-sponsored production in 2000. It consists of a series of
mini-dances, set closely to a sequence of pop-songs.
Their sequence explores questions of gender and race, traditional ethics and individual resolution. All means used are intentionally literal and simple, both in terms of composition and imagery. Excess and clichéed theatricality meet minimalist dramaturgy and sensitivity. Although the piece starts out ambivalent in terms of potentially opposing ethical as well as aesthetic points of view, the conclusion speaks a clear message, which encourages contact with "the other", whoever that might be. total
time: approximately 20 minutes
solo
music: O.M.D. (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) Southern ©1986 dismantling religious fervour from the wrong side of the fence? an outcry against glorification? a genuine act of sacrifice, or just kitsch-pathos? the dripping fluid is the central dance... the
Mussolini
tech:
solo / duet / quartet / octet ad lib music: D.A.F. (Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft / "German-American Friendship") Der Mussolini ©1981 Note: at the time of its publication, the accompanying music-video was banned from German television however the lyrics mock any kind of dominant "Western" 20th century ideology or religion, all in favor of non-moralist hedonism >> SEE THIS VIDEO-INTERPRETATION ON YOU TUBE re-mixing the gay leather-stereotype imagery into something else enjoying the many-edged fun of power and strength post-idealistic. post-religious unashamedly using show-dance and folklore-formations inTime solo music: Nina Simone: Just in Time © 1962 the turning point and redemption-moment: one of those moments when it all comes together crossing, mixing and resolving barriers, and public/private codes of behavior expression happens! you'll never walk alone ensemble including tech-crew, stage hands etc. music: Nina Simone You'll Never Walk Alone © 1957 accumulative stillness as in the beginning and the gesture of"King" repeated in a different variation as an invitation to make contact throughout the entire performance plain house lights and stage lights props: a chair, fake-blood, a small metal cup + many bags of m&m's to
be distributed in advance to the incoming audience
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