ANOIKIS
Contemporary Dance
2016-2017
Melissa Pasut Andrew Leslie Hooker Rachel Sweeney
Research and Development funded by the Arts Council of Wales
The Capstone Theatre
Liverpool
Monday October 24th
7.30 pm
OhFatherOhKing (ThouArtBlackerThanTheBlackestEverBlack)
In light of the recent ascent of European Neo-Nazism and the Paris terror attacks, this piece explores the ecstatic nature of intimidation through a 20th century scrying glass reflecting intimate and terrifying visions of political, religious, social and cultural tyranny relentlessly visited upon the fundamentally anarchic experience of being itself.
Abstraction#1
(For Maria Chavez)
A brief electroacoustic interlude of conceptual turntablism
Love Me
(Dedicated to Elvis Aaron Presley)
A butoh-inspired duet exploring themes of obsession, lust, loneliness and guilt based ostensibly upon the relationship between mid-20th century rock and roll stars and their fans, this piece seeks to question the spiritual crisis that critic Greil Marcus puts forward as being a fundamental element of the Elvis phenomenon…the still-birth of his twin brother Jesse.
Photo by Peter Griffiths 2016
Collaborations in butoh direction and choreography: Sayoko Onishi