Secondly was performed Junk Duet. This was
the dance I liked most. Like the name said, it
was a duet. It was easy-going and the dance
clearly showed playful yet compassionated
love. The dancers first danced together and
then they would split up and sort of avoided
each other. Then only one of them would be
dancing and then they would start looking for
each other and be attracted to each other.
Sometimes it was like a silent play with clear body-language. The dancers also
clearly showed craziness, I suppose this was because they were supposed to be
on drugs because it’s called ‘Junk’ Duet. What I liked most about this dance was
the music. The music was very special since it was not really music, it was more
like noises which were put together and thereby formed music. So I liked this
dance the most, because it was fun and because the music was extraordinary.
After the break, Kilar was performed. It was very clear that this dance was
choreographed by Lucinda Childs again. It was again about life and the dancers
worked with frames again. This time there were about four female dancers with a
frame in the shape of a dress. When the female dancers were ‘alone’ they would
dance inside the frame, it showed they were discovering it and that they wanted
to get out. When the male dancers came, the female dancers were stuck in the
frame even more. The dancers danced in and around the frames synchronically
again with music that build up tension. In the end, the female dancers were
taken off the dress-shaped frames and they could move freely.
I think this dance was again about life: we all try to fit in frames and try to be
perfect, although we can’t and we actually don’t want to. In the end we just have
to be and it is also better to just be ourselves. I kind of liked this dance because
the frames were special, but I thought the dancing itself was a little boring to
watch.