Social Dance

August Bournonville had a fine command of language and expressed his views on music in many a well-turned phrase: “Music, which to the uninitiated would only seem to serve the ballet as an attendant, is actually its real vital principle: melody and harmony evoke atmosphere and character, rhythm determines movement, and there are instances of music which can, as it...

Usually, in a Western context, when you sit in a theatre watching a performance, you hold your breath, trying to concentrate on the dynamics of the dancers, who are probably keeping their bodies and breath as tensed as yours, if the performance is emotionally demanding. “Scream And Whisper,” however, the new creation by Saburo Teshigawara, premiered in Sala...

Vergorener Chinakohl würde vermutlich zu stark riechen. Außerdem ist er zu klein geschnitten, als dass man ihn als Fächer benutzen könnte. Food Art in Wuppertal: Rainer Behr wird demnach mit frischem Chinakohl belegt; dessen Blätter taugen den Frauen als grüne Wedel. So sieht es aus mit Pina Bauschs Souvenirs aus Korea – man übernimmt das, was ein jeder assoziativ...