Choreography by David Middendorp
Game Engine
A choreography that examines the thin barrier between the analogue and digital worlds we live in
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Game Engine examines the thin barrier between the analogue and digital worlds we live in. Where in the past the technological development proceeded at a leisurely pace, nowadays developments follow each other at a rapid pace and it sometimes seems as if people are part of the digital world instead of the other way around.
Inspiration for Game Engine is therefore the rise of the digital age and the seemingly faster pace in which it moves. Inseparably linked to this era, is the bit, the ultimate building block of the modern digital world, in Game Engine depicted as a black and white cube.
With the help of these cubes, the dancers shape and distort the world, bit by bit, and the worlds gradually merge into each other until finally everything is digital. The rhythmic, almost hypnotic, playing of the percussion and tabla embodies the mechanical attack and response of the computer.
Credits
Premiere 2018, Another Kind of Blue Production Sanne van der Velde Technical producer Stefan Bandalac and Marco van der Velde Dancers before '17 Antonino Milazzo, Faizah Grootens, Jeroen van Acker, Demi-Carlin Aarts, Klevis Elmazaj, Corinne Cilia, Elie Nasser (intern) and Aya Degani (intern) Dancers after '17 Antonino Milazzo, Faizah Grootens, Jeroen van Acker, Lindy Bremer, Teresa Royo, Ivan Montis and Elita Cannata Hardware support Luchtzinning Marketing & publicity Dieke van der Spek and Leonie Poot Costumes Ben Voorhaar – Karisma Costumes
Game Engine
Choreography by David Middendorp. A choreography that examines the thin barrier between the analogue and digital worlds we live in
Date:
January 17, 2018