It's Not My Body Chapter 3.5 / This Is
Dance, Physical Theatre and Circus (dance, contemporary)
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Venue 22Assembly @ Dance Base - Dance Base 1
- 16:05
- Aug 9-11
- 1 hour
- Country: China
- Group: Wong Tan-ki and Dick Wong @ Hong Kong Soul 2024
- Warnings and additional info: Contains themes of suicide
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Description
A double-bill performance by two Hong Kong artists. Using different approaches to interpret body and dance, stage and performance. It's Not My Body Chapter 3.5 by Wong Tan-ki – Wrestling with his own shadow, the dancer’s every move, pause and limbo on stage construct a strong proposition about his dance life. This Is by Dick Wong – From Duchamp to Kosuth to Lewitt, This Is looks to visual art to reinvestigate time, space and the body on stage. Programmed by Dance Base in collaboration with Assembly.Please note that while all media gallery content is provided by verified members of the event, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society does not review or approve this content before it is posted. Reports of inappropriate content or copyright infringement can be directed to [email protected].
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Neil 27 days ago
Found both pieces interesting but not sure they were fitting to be billed together.
First piece was a genuinely incredible dance performance. I haven't seen someone move their body in that way. Their agility and full commitment was astonishing. I was engrossed for the whole of this performance.
Second piece was more minimal (I won't spoil it but reviews below go into more detail). It had much less going on, which was a clear artistic choice, and I found myself interested in the piece and drawn in towards the end, even if not completely blown away. Perhaps it was too different to the previous work that caused me to struggle with it to begin with.
I did enjoy both pieces overall, just that I had a clear favourite.
Cory C 28 days ago
Two pieces -- very distinct.
Part One a man fighting his body in a confined space only to break free at the end. The physicality of this one man dance piece, astounding. Something that could only be achieved at the peak of youthful athleticism.
Part Two is the antithesis. It is a man in his 60s accompanied by his own voice over articulating what "is". There is mostly stillness. There is purposeful monotony. There is almost an anti-physical experience. It would be easy to write this off, but if you stay with it, it is near zen-like in its forcing the audience back to the present with each narrative statement. In its stillness it becomes a shared meditation -- at times tedious (intentionally so), but always refocusing the mind to what "is".
This will not be for everyone -- but if you go in with a beginner's mind, you may be delightfully surprised at how the pieces work together in an almost yen/yang, opposing forces sort of way.
Mike Parsons 32 days ago
The first performance was very athletic, some amazing techicial movements and positions. Thw second performance involved a voice over explaining that "this is a man. This is a man staring into space........." etc for 25 minutes. Very little movement, very slow, poor to watch, monotonous, very self-indulgent and a student arts experiment gone badly wrong. Very different to the billing, very disappointing, very frustrating and an admission price wasted.
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