Friday, October 24, 2008
With physical theater and invented language, Jo Strømgren Kompani explores bureaucracy in The Department.
Pittsburgh City Paper - Pittsburgh: "In institutional terms, Jo Strømgren Kompani is but a pup, this year celebrating one decade as an independent ensemble developing works of dance, theater, dance-theater and whatever other classification one could impose."
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This was the first play I've seen in a while that I was constantly impressed by. The performance is nothing short of brilliant. While I don't speak any of the languages used during the play, I found (at least what I perceived to be) the plot to be nothing short of amazing. The fact that I didn't understand the spoken part of the play, I think actually made me enjoy it more since I was capable of listening to the sounds more as almost sound effects rather then actual words of any real meaning. The "less is more" approach that was taken with the design of the set was also a part I really liked about the performance. I like sets that combine, shift, and depending on how their positioned can be different things. The set changed multiple times but was still made up of only five different set pieces that combined and moved to make all kinds different environments within one place. Like the article said, see this before it leaves.
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