MIME

MCB-DV-5007

Obtus

It all begins with a hand. Two arms follow that speak of flying, head down. Marthe Krummenacher has taken off into “Obtus”, a solo that carries its name well for as much as the dancer begins a persistent exploration of a ray of light. Meditative gestures, slow, continuous movements, a body in peril which finds its most beautiful expressions when equilibrium is pushed to its limits. The ex-Forsythe dancer moves with exquisite precision and sensitivity, playing with a ramp of neon lights making parts or all of her body disappear. The lighting designer Luc Gendroz created for this solo a work of volume and substance, which unsettles our perception of depth producing floating effects and playing with disappearance into the dark. Transported by the light and the sound, the choreographic material refuses to be pinned down in order to float, thereby toppling the perceptions of the spectator who, as if under a spell, links the consciousness of his own body to the body of the dancer.