In residence at the Beursschouwburg, the Busy Rocks collective presents three choreographies that are analyses of certain movements, such as how a dog runs or a domino falls…
After graduating in 2008 from Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s famous P.A.R.T.S. school, five dancers took their next step by creating the Busy Rocks collective. So Fabián Barba, Franziska Aigner, Marisa Cabal, Tuur Marinus, and Gabriel Schenker are classmates, but they create varied shows, each according to their own choreographic ideas. They already attracted attention with Dominos and Butterflies, a choreography whose subject is the body as object behaving according to the domino principle. This piece can be seen this week alongside two new creations that are being staged for the first time: As It Fell by Marisa Cabal and Stav Yeini, about the way video perceives the body, and Still Animals by Tuur Marinus, which deconstructs animal movements. Meanwhile, Fabián Barba will be presenting a dance entre’act…
On the edge of movement
(Dominos and Butterflies)
Do you share common choreographic affinities?
Fabián Barba: We do have affinities but they don’t tie us together in terms of choreography. Each project defines its own choreographic research, its own form – whether it is a piece for one, two, or more dancers –, space, time etc. We currently share a certain idea of what dance is and how the body should be presented, but we are all exploring different aspects of this. Our affinity is our shared history at P.A.R.T.S., but we are all carving our own path. For example, one of us will explore the history of dance, while another looks at the relationship between film and the body etc. Our affinities come from a desire to share our work together rather than to work alone in separate bubbles.
These are three different choreographies, but surely there is a common thread in terms of the study of movement?
Gabriel Schenker: It’s true that it could be said that these three pieces are studies of movement. In Dominos and Butterflies, we explore the mechanics of the body as object by using the body as a domino. One body falls on the next, which falls on the next… As It Fell is a duet, a dance/video/sound performance. Two choreographic sequences are filmed from a multitude of perspectives: close-up, zooming out, from the dancer’s viewpoint, using fixed and moving cameras, etc. This piece explores perception. How does filming movement change our perception of the movement in situ? Still Animals was inspired by Muybridge’s famous deconstructions of movement. For example, we attempt to dance a deconstruction of the movement of a dog running. There are eight dancers, some of whom provide support so that the dancers “in the air” can deconstruct various movements.
You are still studying movement. Is this a continuation of your course?
Marisa Cabal: You could think that Dominos and Butterflies is a work that stems from our time at school, because the piece was created in 2009. At the time we were still dealing with the questions raised by P.A.R.T.S., but we were already in transition towards the outside world. P.A.R.T.S gave us a common background that is always present, but we are all building our own personal creations that go far beyond it. That doesn’t stop us from exploring movement.
Do you share common choreographic affinities?
Fabián Barba: We do have affinities but they don’t tie us together in terms of choreography. Each project defines its own choreographic research, its own form – whether it is a piece for one, two, or more dancers –, space, time etc. We currently share a certain idea of what dance is and how the body should be presented, but we are all exploring different aspects of this. Our affinity is our shared history at P.A.R.T.S., but we are all carving our own path. For example, one of us will explore the history of dance, while another looks at the relationship between film and the body etc. Our affinities come from a desire to share our work together rather than to work alone in separate bubbles.
These are three different choreographies, but surely there is a common thread in terms of the study of movement?
Gabriel Schenker: It’s true that it could be said that these three pieces are studies of movement. In Dominos and Butterflies, we explore the mechanics of the body as object by using the body as a domino. One body falls on the next, which falls on the next… As It Fell is a duet, a dance/video/sound performance. Two choreographic sequences are filmed from a multitude of perspectives: close-up, zooming out, from the dancer’s viewpoint, using fixed and moving cameras, etc. This piece explores perception. How does filming movement change our perception of the movement in situ? Still Animals was inspired by Muybridge’s famous deconstructions of movement. For example, we attempt to dance a deconstruction of the movement of a dog running. There are eight dancers, some of whom provide support so that the dancers “in the air” can deconstruct various movements.
You are still studying movement. Is this a continuation of your course?
Marisa Cabal: You could think that Dominos and Butterflies is a work that stems from our time at school, because the piece was created in 2009. At the time we were still dealing with the questions raised by P.A.R.T.S., but we were already in transition towards the outside world. P.A.R.T.S gave us a common background that is always present, but we are all building our own personal creations that go far beyond it. That doesn’t stop us from exploring movement.
(Tuur Marinus, Still Animals)
Busy Rocks
12 > 14/4 • Beursschouwburg rue A. Ortsstraat 20-28, Brussel/Bruxelles,
02-550.03.50, tickets@beursschouwburg.be, www.beursschouwburg.be
Busy Rocks
12 > 14/4 • Beursschouwburg rue A. Ortsstraat 20-28, Brussel/Bruxelles,
02-550.03.50, tickets@beursschouwburg.be, www.beursschouwburg.be
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