Mabuse

Last thursday was the premiere of Bock & Vincenzi's performance "The infinte pleasure of the great unknown" introducing Troupe Mabuse at Toynbee Studios (Arts Admin).
"THE INFINITE PLEASURES OF THE GREAT UNKNOWN is a stage show presented within the form of a film. Behind a black cinema screen Troupe Mabuse play a cast of thousands, in a never-ending state of emergency; a storm in which the fear of the unknown conceals its own controlling force. Into this play of possession, King Lear also appears. Having missed his cue to die he wanders eternally in a landscape of his own making, searching for meaning within a scrambled version of Shakespeare’s original storm scene."

The performance is well thought and the attention to details in order to create such a peculiar Lynch-esque atmosphere was brilliant. Maybe a little long if you ask me but the experment was definitely worth it.

Link Here.

Back

Finally back in town after a short break in Paris.
Some catching up to do blog wise.
Here we go.
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The night before i left for France, i went to see an amazing show
at the Sadler's Well.The performance was Akram Kahn's latest
show in collaboration with the National Ballet of china called Bahok.

Here's the pitch:
"Bahok, named after a Bengali word meaning ‘carrier’ explores the ways
in which the body carries national identity and a sense of belonging.
Khan’s dancers come from diverse cultures, traditions and dance backgrounds –
Chinese, Korean, Indian, South-African and Spanish – and this rich mix of both
spoken and dance language pushes the boundaries of movement vocabulary."

As usual, Khan managed to create an incredibly intimist and moving performance
filled with a mixture of humour, poetry and philosophy. A must see.

Jerome Bel

The second is Art performance "Jerome Bel: 1995" at the Sadler's Wells. A very good serious-but-funny-but-serious performance created by the french artist. Quite "unusual" (well the "Contains Nudity and on-stage urination" warning written on the ticket should have warned me), but the wit tone of the all act makes you quickly forget the strangeness of it. Some more Jerome Bel perfomances coming up soon, definitely worth checking out.