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DORNBRACHT the SPIRITof WATER Performance 1
Performance 1
DENDRON
Choreography
by Mark Jarecke
Photography Mike Meiré
Dornbracht is continuing to develop its involvement
in culture: 2005 from fine art to the visual
arts. The “Statements” series of exhibitions that
has been running since 1996 has been expanded
to include “Performances”. The prelude to the
new series was the dance performance “Dendron”
in Milan on the occasion of the Salone del Mobile.
Three women, clad in red, balloon-shaped clothing,
move all over a rectangular surface surrounded by
the audience. Their bodies swirl alternately across
the stage, first hesitantly, then almost ecstatically.
Using their arms, legs and whole bodies, they
explore the space around them, sometimes quickly,
sometimes as if frozen in their movements.
At one moment, they appear fully surrounded by
fabric, then soon after their garments swing
around like dance costumes.
Shrill noises, sometimes muffled, sometimes
tinny, which suit the performance location – a
former machine hall, accompany the artists.
Unlike classic performances, there is no particular
side for viewing. The normal distance to the stage
is dispensed with, the audience sit and stand
around the dance floor. While classical ballet
suggests a type of weightlessness, here one can
feel the strong physical exertion and presence of
the dancers very close by.
Celestial music, rising to fortissimo, is suddenly
interrupted by a sudden silence, and bright light
projected onto the dance floor supersedes the
abstract shadow of a treetop. The performance
lives through continually changing contradictions,
such as tranquillity and speed, light and dark, loud
and quiet. The “Dendron” dance performance
takes as its theme the flowing transitions of nature,
Dendron
Location/Stage
adaptation and habits. The choreographer of the
experimental dance project, Mark Jarecke from
New York, is a pupil of the legendary Merce
Cunningham.
In “Dendron”, Mark Jarecke has completed his
trilogy of choreographic work on the dynamic
link between architectural and emotional environments.
Under his direction, Netta Carnit
Yerushalmy, Andrea Nicole Johnston and Molly
Kathleen Poerstel explored the limitless stage as
dancers, and the musician Jonathan James
Moniaci played live. The costumes, which look
like kinetic objects, come from the New York
avant-garde designer Maria Cornejo. The curator
of “Dendron” was NEO NOTO Mike Meiré,
Cologne.
Dornbracht approfondisce il proprio impegno
culturale: 2005, dall’arte figurativa a quella
rappresentativa. Così, la serie di rappresentazioni
“Statements” nata nel 1996 si arricchisce
di nuove “Performances”. La nuova serie è stata
inaugurata con lo spettacolo di danza “Dendron”,
rappresentato a Milano in occasione del Salone
del Mobile. Tre ballerine avvolte in rossi abiti a
PERFORMANCE 1
SALONE DEL MOBILE, MILAN 2005
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