Compagnie Maguy Marin: Avant-Garde French Dance Company in Umwelt
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The last date listed for Compagnie Maguy Marin: Umwelt was Saturday June 21, 2008 / 2:00pm.
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Featured review from Merrill G.
view more less of this reviewnot easy, particularly the soundtrack, but existentially right on....
challenging, thought provoking dance....
star this review starred report as inappropriateIt was a moving, relentless piece, which could be subtitled white noise. The audience was restless, cold, and unappreciative. I was embarassed by their behavior and lack of comprehension.
star this review starred report as inappropriateMaybe I should have done more research into what this "show" was. Had I known it was going to be white noise filled hour of my life I'll never get back, I wouldn't have purchased tickets. No slight on the performers, who I thought were quite...continued
star this review starred report as inappropriatemesmerizing. although if you want straight out dance or a narrative you this may not be the show for you.
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Description
Compagnie Maguy Marin, one of France’s most outstanding and radical choreographers, will return to The Joyce with a surprising work entitled Umwelt. This hour-long, hypnotizing piece is inspired by Samuel Beckett – so powerful it instigated reactionary riots when it first premiered in 2004 at The Tobbagan, outside of Lyon. The work features nine dancers rhythmically weaving on and off stage through mirrored slats, portraying basic human acts – biting an apple, washing a floor, kissing a lover. Through repetition and accumulation, this unflinching look at the meaninglessness of our existence displays how even the most significant actions, such as pointing a gun or rocking a baby, can become banalities. Umwelt literally means “world around” in German; by choosing this title and the notion it covers, Maguy Marin portrays a philosophical questioning on how the world resists change in this powerful work. A pioneer of the contemporary dance that exploded on the French scene in the 80s, Marin keeps defying
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