“What The Body Does Not Remember” by Ultima Vez (Belgium)
Dance
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The amazing debut of Wim Vandekeybus and Ultima Vez in 1987 stunned the world of dance of the time. In New York Vandekeybus and composers Thierry de Mey and Peter Vermeersch received the prestigious ‘Bessie Award’ for this ‘brutal confrontation of dance and music: the dangerous, combative landscape of What the Body Does Not Remember’. In 2013, Wim Vandekeybus revived the work with a new cast and it has since toured the world, again receiving critical acclaims. Vandekeybus’ first choreography balances on the razor edge of attraction and repulsion. Sometimes this results in a confrontation between two dancers, then between two groups, between dancers and music, and between dancers and a compelling set of lines. But throughout there is an explosion of aggression, fear and danger. Dance history on stage and not to be missed, even today.“The intensity of moments when you don’t have a choice, when other things decide for you, like falling in love, or the second before the accident that has to happen; suddenly they appear, with no introduction, important for me because of their extremeness rather than for the significance to be given to them. The decision to use this as a basic material for a theatrical composition is at least a paradoxical challenge, considering a theatrical event as repeatable and controllable. Perhaps when all is said and done, the body doesn’t remember either and everything is a subtle illusion of lack which helps to define or exhaust the game.” – Wim Vandekeybus
Choreographer：Wim Vandekeybus
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Dance Yearbook 2014" published by Hong Kong Dance Sector Joint Conference.
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