Companhia De Danca Deborah Colker - Tatyana

Synopsis

The embryo of what would be Companhia de Dan?a Deborah Colker was born in 1993, in the dance halls of Casa do Minho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where Deborah Colker used to teach. A year later the company made its debut at the Globo em Movimento festival at Rio's Municipal Theatre, in a double bill with Momix Dance Group. With the freedom to develop in its own Rio-based centre, the company has been working to create new dance languages and original scenic elements, combining contemporary and traditional techniques and drawing on everyday themes that audiences can relate to.

Our Review:

1 February 2013

Brazilian dancer and choreographer Deborah Colker is a storyteller in the grandiose sense of the word. Her proptastic extravaganzas - most notably physical theatre pieces Knot (2005) and Cruel (2008), as well as Ovo, created for Cirque du Soleil - are not shy about fiercely shoving human relationships under the microscope to expose, as Colker likes to call it, “cruel love”. Her use of enormous, oft-perilous sets has become a trademark of her work, as has her voiced desire to use movement to transcend cultural boundaries.

Her latest work, Tatyana, is an adaptation of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin and on paper, it appears to be perfect fodder for Colker. The tale of lovestruck Tatyana and her infatuation with the dashing but emotionally cold Onegin speaks volumes to anyone who has ever loved from afar. Unrequited love; the ultimate “cruel love”. Adaptations are plentiful (the opera and ballet are playing concurrentl...

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