RAÚL MAIA (P/A) / THOMAS STEYAERT (BE)
The Ballet of Sam Hogue and Augustus Benjamin
Part 1 & Part 2
Performance-Practice in two parts
19.00 h and 21.30
The project explores the artistic practice and multiple output potentiality of a system of non-representational physical communication between performers. Their constant exchange of kinetic information is based on a decentred vision of the body. Using repetition as a motor for development, every stimulus is perceived and processed in real time while attempting not to name them. The emerging ever-regenerating flow of kinetic information creates multiple meanings, levels of instruction and sensations for the viewer. Instead of acting out a previously agreed representation of reality, they are engaging in a kind of physical discussion, embodying and trying to process what we understand, as well as what we don’t. The body practice could be seen in analogy to the inner movements of a society – movements that test, map and transform a specific existing structure in a specific moment of time, generating possibility for multiple readings, as well as recognition of basic human values and relational aspects. In the frame of SCORES they will present two sets of their performance practice.
CONCEPT: Thomas Steyaert / Raúl Maia
PERFORMANCE: Sam Hogue / Augustus Benjamin
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