Synopsis Feeling pretty confident about contemporary dance? Know your way around? Bring it on. It's time to leave the comfort zone. I SAID I shatters everything you ever thought about dance and dancers. Bizarre, breathtaking and as full-on as you can get; expect to go home and rest afterwards. de Keersmaeker pushes her dancers to the physical and emotional limit as she explores how the individual can co-exist with others through the experience of daily life, work, routine, the expression of love, despair, joy and hope. Mixing the text of Peter Handke's Self-Accusation, dancers' own words, de Keersmaeker's characteristic clipped choreography and live music, I Said I reaches a level of nervy frenzy which seems all consuming, before making way for quieter, more contemplative movements. Dancers build and dismantle sets, strip and dress, wrap themselves in blankets, scream, sing, reveal chunks of their souls and dance like their lives depend on it The finale is the first movement from Brahms's Piano Trio No. 1 - played just for itself, and to take you back somewhere safe. You have been warned. BITE 01. Barbican Theatre
See also The Pit. Opened 1982. The Barbican is home to the internationally acclaimed bite programme, featuring a diverse range of the most exciting new theatre, dance and music from around the world. Bite has established firm relationships with leading international artists and its impressive list of Artistic Associates includes; Deborah Warner, Michael Clark Company, Cheek by Jowl, Fabulous Beast and Afroreggae UK Partnership. Whilst continuing to support the work of established companies, bite seeks to enable young and emerging artists to present work at the Barbican. Recent bite seasons have included music from the favelas of Rio, Shakespeare from Japan, an Icelandic Peer Gynt, puppetry from Canada, traditional dance from Cambodia and cabaret from South London. Bite work extends beyond the 1166-seat Barbican Theatre and the 200-seat Pit into non-traditional spaces, often blurring the boundaries between performer and audience and enabling an even greater number of people to enjoy its programme.
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