TØRST
A powerfull duet for two male dancers, grouchy electronic musik and a scenography that brings you to the desert planes.
..excellent dance...yet another very comprehensive and succesfull interactive creation
4 stars, Vibeke Wern, BerlingskeTØRST is the danish word for thirst.
The title itself provokes an almost physical sensation – a bodily urge fueled by an essential need.
TØRST is a powerful duet for two male dancers, a duet on human drive and survival. Two bodies in a place where strategic thinking has ceased and instinct has taken over – a place between vulnerable intimacy and untamed forces.
The Scenography is simple yet very convincing: a floor completely covered with corrugated cardbord that both brings your mind to the vast desert planes and also generate a special dry sound every time the dancers move. Combined with video scenography of sand particles that slides across the stage, the scenography creates a unique visual universe.
Dancers: Jonas Örknér og Cesar Garcia
Choreographer: Tina Tarpgaard
Choreographic assistant: Siri Wolthoorn
Software artist/video design: Jonas Jongejan
Lighting design: Søren Knud
Costume design: Inbal Lieblich
Sound editing: Emil Assing
Music by Dan Friel
Duration: 40 min
Supported by: Statens Kunstråd, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden, Bikubenfonden, Knud Højgaards Fond, Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond and Københavns Kommunes Scenekunstudvalg.
The press wrote:
“…the audience is sweating…. TØRST is an immensely honest humanitarian dance statement ” Anne Middelboe, Information
“I am impressed with the choreography, renewing, curious and interesting, the dancers that are technically unsurpassed, fun and intens – just really great, and the scenography that is simple yet new and different.” Mie Scott Georgsen, Terpsichore
“words can’t describe it….dance can express what words can only tiptoe around…beautiful, captivating and very recommendable.” *****Kulturkongen
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