Recipe for a European Dance Theater piece
Arianne Hoffmann
(2008)
page last updated Sun, 19 Oct 2008, 8:52pm PDT
Keywords: dance, theater, european, recipe
Duration: varies minutes
# of Performers: variable
Materials / Instrumentation / Performers
Lovers of narrative
Score / Notes
Ingredients:
the act of undressing
white briefs
women in long, floating dresses and long hair
sparse furniture, chairs
someone addressing the audience, preferably the funniest character of the cast
men in drag
nudity
someone crying
someone screaming hysterically
exotic-seeming monologues in the native language of the dancers
random employment of your cast’s ethnic stereotypes
a group section where all “dance”
generic dance movements that make your cast appear virtuosic
hugs
Method:
Mix it all up, provide some narrative that can be stretched to employ all the above.
Intersperse something amusing and character-based with movement sections.
DONE.
Make sure to include pictures of the nude scenes in your press kit.
Recent Performances
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Sat, 18 October 2008
posted by ari, 10/19/08 Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui at Royce Hall
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