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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

The Marx Brothers

Clip from "Duck Soup" Physical comedy is always the funniest. A simple hat trick, and a leg up made us all laugh hysterically today in rehearsal.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Nelken

Choreographed By Pina Bausch (12/30/1982)

Nelken Homepage

"Nelken" translates into "Carnations" which is an appropriate name based on the set. The stage is covered with upright planted carnations, forcing the dancers to be careful where they step. It was first performed on December 30, 1982, in cooperation with Matthias Burkert and Hans Pop. The scenic design was by Peter Pabst, and Costume design by Marion Cito.

This was the fifth of her pieces credited to utilize a dramaturg. Raimund Hoghe was her dramaturg from 1979 to 1987, before becoming highly in demand as a dancer and performance artist. She has never worked with another Dramaturg.

The piece lasts two hours pieced into snippets of different imagery. Themes are the balance of power, fear and threat, and bounces between serious and absurd, through the use of childhood games, a signed song and the ever present threat of dancers walk guard dogs on patrol. At one point a guard asks a dancer dressed as a bunny for his passport, and only one he is satisfied, the bunny is allowed to continue hopping. The dancers not only talk on stage but talk about their roles as dancers and their performance, pushing away norms of performance.

Original performers include: Jacob Andersen, Anne Marie Benati, Bénédicte Billiet, Matthias Burkert, Lutz Förster, Kyomi Ichida, Urs Kaufmann, Ed Kortlandt, Anne Martin, Dominique Mercy, Jan Minarik, Nazareth Panadero, Helena Pikon, Hans Pop, Jean-Laurent Sasportes, Janusz Subicz, and Francis Viet.

"'Nelken': Songs the color of carnations, flowers like wounds" By Ramsay Burt; Ballet Dance Magazine
"Pina Bausch: Nelken, Sadler's Wells, London" By Zoe Anderson

Cafe Muller

Choreographed By Pina Bausch (05/20/1978)

Cafe Mueller Homepage

The piece Cafe Muller was first presented in 1978, and most recently presented in New York City, in February 2008. The piece is 30 minutes long and origional scenic and costume design were by Rolf Borzik. In this piece Pina "drew on childhood memories of the cafe her parents ran," creating a piece comprising of 6 individuals and their tortured interactions. The pieces are physically demanding and often involve the movement of the various pieces of furniature and doors crowded onto the stage. The orgional performers were Malou Airaudo, Pina Bausch, Meryl Tankard,Rolf Borzik, Dominique Mercy, and Jan Minarik. Music was composed by Henry Purcell.