Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Every art has its medium. Composers create in sound. Choreographers use the body. Andre Gingras says he has always been fascinated by dance. He is inspired by the danger, beauty and consequences of the body on display. Three years before becoming artistic director of Dance Works Rotterdam, in the Netherland, Gingras created a work exploring his fascination called "Anatomica III," which debuted in 2007. The Times of London called it "a terrific splurge of vibrant physicality and joie de vivre that sets out to showcase what an amazing miracle the body represents."
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Dance Works Rotterdam makes music with the body
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Every art has its medium. Composers create in sound. Choreographers use the body. Andre Gingras says he has always been fascinated by dance. He is inspired by the danger, beauty and consequences of the body on display. Three years before becoming artistic director of Dance Works Rotterdam, in the Netherland, Gingras created a work exploring his fascination called "Anatomica III," which debuted in 2007. The Times of London called it "a terrific splurge of vibrant physicality and joie de vivre that sets out to showcase what an amazing miracle the body represents."
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To see a show like the one described in this article would be truly inspiring. Reading about Gingras and the way that he is inspired by the human body and its possibilities was interesting enough. When he goes on to rediscover the human body and to play into the idea of the body being an object while focusing on how we treat the body, the degree of his fascination solidifies. While he was working on Anatomica III, he talks about his process in going a step further with his breakdown of the human body and tries to find meaning and significance in the way it works.
Personally, after the article, the actual show, a show that has to put these ideas into actions would be incredible to see. In addition, there must be some conclusive notions that he also might represent and that in itself would be interesting.
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