Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Wild ideas have a way of becoming physical reality when Attack Theatre creates new pieces.
But even by Attack Theatre standards, its next show 'is a crazy one,' admits co-director Michele de la Reza. 'Just when we thought we'd given ourselves as many ridiculous challenges as possible, we're doing eight different shows at eight different venues in 12 days.'"
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I feel like dance performances that depend on the audience could be hit or miss, not even just the quality of the performance itself but because it relies so much on audience reaction, it takes a risk of being mediocre some nights and amazing others especially this particular piece "Assemble This" because it requires direct discussion with the audience to direct the dancing. When I went to go "Fuerza Bruta" I was expecting something really amazing because of what I had previously heard and I felt like it could have been a lot of fun in the right atmosphere but the audience wasn't as excited as I expected. We talked about theater as a "collaborative art" in ptm and that unlike many other types of entertainment, its received together by an audience that shares an experience and reaction. What I like is that the attack theater group customized each dance to fit its particular location, using space, line and repetition only having one thing in common: the skeleton of their piece. It sounds very progressive and original, although risky because its based on so much improvisation.
At first this sounded like a really interesting idea, drawing inspiration for eight different shows from the environments in which they're placed and from the art in each space, but there's a limited point to which audience interaction is effective in inspiring action. Additionally, in dance performances, it seems like breaking down the fourth wall and breaking the musical throughline by asking the audience "What do you think?"destroys the theatricality and puts the company in extreme danger. I'm all for audience interaction and response, but this piece simply terrifies me that the noble attempt will fall flat on its face.
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