Choreography sacrifices certainties and embraces the mobility of life.
The way we dance can never be completely separated from the way we live together. The southern Italian dance Pizzica, originally a wild dance to expel the deadly poison of a spider bite, became the remedy for depression in times of poverty. The swinging Charleston originated during the interwar period as a reaction to the strict pre-war etiquette and was liberating.
blasphemy Rhapsody' was born in the wake of an unprecedented virus, in exceptional circumstances. What to do to curb the feeling of transience? Touch the divine or devour the earthly, keep your distance or just hug each other to death?
The pop song 'Around the world' by Daft Punk blares from the speakers. We are transported upwards, but our feet remain firmly anchored in the ground. Blasphemy Rhapsody' thus becomes a danced ritual, in which certainties are sacrificed, a call to embrace the mobility of life.