MEDIATHEK

nspired by an essay by US author Tom Wolfe in which he paints the modern city as ‘a billion-footed beast’ ' wild, bizarre and unpredictable - I became interested in investigating the city, specifically Sydney, as an ever-changing organism, examining its anatomy, mapping it and relating the results to the body. Physicalizing the city’s labyrinthine, many-faceted nature, It’s a Jungle Out There aims to distil the complexity of the urban experience into a multi-layered performative fabric made of dance, story telling and electronic sound design. It was my intention for the city not only to function as the thematic target of the work but also as its choreographic source material. (Quelle: http://dance.net.au) / jst