Now I know what music I write - and it pleases me: "fabulously creepy". There is a great review in The Edmonton Journal of the Good Women Dance Collective production "Fracture", a two-in-one modern dance show whose first half is "POD", done by the fantastic Good Women to my "Tártaros (Symphonie electro-acoustique)". Actually, it is a very intelligent review by a woman I do not know, but I would like to shake hands with: 4 stars Stage 1, Westbury Theatre I love the Good Woman Dance Collective. I don’t know if it’s the athleticism or the wicked haircuts or the fervent way they pen stories with their physiques, but I could watch their barefooted funkarama ALL. DAY. LONG. Definitely worth going to Fracture, a show featuring two original works by the interpretive dance troupe. The show starts with two creatures curled like fetuses under a transparent plastic drop sheet covering the entire stage. With the help of a fan just offstage, the plastic begins to billow and rustle eerily as the creatures beneath it come alive, embryonic, alien-like, feminine yet freaky, finding their way into the light, united, divided, fearful, fighting. The music is fabulously creepy, and I found myself frightened, mesmerized, hopeful and desperate during the polyethylene pas-de-deux featuring Ainsley Hillyard and Alida Nyquist-Schultz. Nyquist-Schultz returns alongside Alison Kause and Kate Stashko for the second shorter number, Pod, based on the notion of an organism splitting into separate entities. The dance takes you on a real trip through the human condition: solidarity, ruthlessness, rage, determination, distress, helplessness, exhaustion, surprise. One moment, I was chewing my nails nervously, the next I wanted to cheer like a crazed soccer fan, then next I was elated, trying to suppress a giggle fit. The sound effects — breaking glass, clanking metal, rhythmic stomps and slaps by the dancers — augmented this sensory experience. I know, I know, some people just aren’t that into interpretive dance, but if you’re one of those people, I strongly suggest you question this aversion, and consider giving the form another go. Fracture is inspiring, unsettling, thoughtful, and even better, our dancers are from Edmonton. Buy local. Elizabeth Withey blogs.edmontonjournal/2013/08/20/fracture/
Posted on: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 03:15:47 +0000
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