Tag: Contemporary Dance
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Sharon Eyal: Embracing Struggle Over Comfort in Contemporary Dance
Introduction: A Choreographer Who Prefers Tension to Ease Sharon Eyal, the Israeli choreographer known for her relentless physicality and emotionally raw performances, has a simple but provocative stance: she doesn’t want dancers to be comfortable. In her view, ease dulls the edge of performance. Instead, she seeks tension, struggle, and vulnerability as the core drivers…
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Choreographer Sharon Eyal: I Want to See the Struggle on Stage
Sharon Eyal’s philosophy: discomfort as a catalyst Choreographer Sharon Eyal is renowned for turning movement into a raw, unvarnished examination of human effort. Her maxim, “I don’t like it when a dancer is comfortable — I want to see the struggle,” isn’t a cruel aesthetic. It’s a deliberate artistic stance: movement should expose the exertion,…
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Sharon Eyal: Choreography Built on Struggle, Not Comfort
Introduction: Aims Beyond Comfort Choreographer Sharon Eyal has long unsettled audiences by turning the stage into a proving ground where physical risk and emotional rawness take center stage. Her philosophy is clear: she does not want dancers to feel comfortable. Instead, she seeks the friction, the struggle, and the moments when bodies resist and then…
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Faustin Linyekula: Standing Up to Violence in Congo
Introduction In a new, searing collaboration between dancer Faustin Linyekula and a team of Congolese and international artists, the Congo’s history of conflict is translated into a live, almost silent, one-hour performance. Entitled by its creator as a statement that begins with a simple act—standing up—the piece turns physicality, sound, and projection into a powerful…