Last night was the second talkshow of the World Stage 2012 season. The audience had the opportunity to ask questions to the dancers in Wayne McGregor | Random Dance‘s piece Entity. Audience members learned about many interesting things, such as the research behind the piece and what Wayne looked for in his dancers. We were lucky enough to have Catherine Romano live tweet the whole talkshow on behalf of Canada Arts Connect. You can check out her tweets below.
@CANArtsConnect Follow as our writer, @catromano, live-tweets from the post-performance chat of Random Dance @WorldStageTO 9pmEST bit.ly/wxDnSz #wsto
@CANArtsConnect McGregor does not intend to present all of his research on stage, the work evolves and becomes and abstract piece #wsto
@CANArtsConnect Ways choreography has been described: “movement that misbehaves” and “alien but organic” #wsto
@CANArtsConnect Dancers always trying to explore new ways of moving and this is most challenging. #wsto
@CANArtsConnect Dancer talking about the fact that McGregor is drawn to each dancer’s personal signature (way of moving, personality). #wsto
@CANArtsConnect An example of how to find a new way of moving: Dancer suggests to choose a part of your body, scream, and make the letter “M” #wsto
@CANArtsConnect Moderator asks if movement is ‘punishing’ & if accommodations need 2 be made. Answer: No, dancers’ bodies r trained 4 this movement. #wsto
@CANArtsConnect Another example of how 2 experiment w movement: Create classical, formal leg sequence & then make your upper body completely casual. #wsto
@CANArtsConnect McGregor works with different music all the time. Music feeds the movement. #wsto
@CANArtsConnect Some of the sections in Entity are not set to counts, dancers are expected to ‘feel’ each other and sense the timing. #wsto
@CANArtsConnect Question about audition process from an audience member: How does McGregor find his dancers? #wsto
@CANArtsConnect Dancer responds: McGregor looks 4 technical ability, curiosity, appetite 4 challenging work, hunger for different ways of working. #wsto
@CANArtsConnect Last audition had 1000 applicants! #wsto
@CANArtsConnect Dancer tells audience that there is 1 improvised section in Entity (but there is a structure) & 2 come back & find it in performance. #wsto
@CANArtsConnect Alright CAC peeps, post show chat coming to a close. Thank you for reading. #wsto
@CANArtsConnect P.S. Go see McGregor’s Random Dance. Nothing quite like it – technical, chaotic, and beautiful. #wsto
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