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FRIDAY 11 – SUNDAY 20 MARCH Previews Fri 11 & Sat 12, 7pm C.U.B MALTHOUSE, MERLYN THEATRE 60 minutes no interval |
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“CHUNKY MOVE DO IT WITH A HARD-EDGED IMPACT AND DESIGN ORIGINALITY THAT MAKES THEM PARTICULARLY MEMORABLE.”  Manchester Evening News
A CHUNKY MOVE PRODUCTION CO-PRESENTED WITH MALTHOUSE THEATRE
 A geometry of nature.
In their sell-out, international sensations Glow and Mortal Engine, Chunky Move transcended the limits of earthly form by immersing dancers in an illusory world of motion tracking and projection technology. In their newest work, Connected, this dynamic is flipped on its back and digital technology is side-stepped in favour of pure mechanics.
Teaming up with Californian artist, Reuben Margolin, Chunky Move’s Gideon Obarzanek animates both the body and the machine through physical connection between the dancers and Margolin’s purpose-built, kinetic sculpture.
Margolin’s startlingly live sculptural works - constructed from wood, recycled plastic, paper and steel – transcend their concrete forms once set into motion, appearing as natural waveforms in a weightless kinetic flow. Suspended by hundreds of fine strings receiving information from multiple camshafts and wheels, his sculptures reveal in articulate detail the impulses of what they are coupled to. In this world premiere of Connected, it is people – athletic and agile dancers’ bodies twisting and hurtling through space, as well as real people in recognisable situations.
Beginning with simple movements and hundreds of tiny pieces, the dancers build their performance while they construct the vast sculpture in real time. During the performance, these basic elements and simple physical connections quickly evolve into complex structures and relationships.
“All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.” Aldous Huxley
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Director/Choreographer: Gideon Obarzanek
Sculpture: Reuben Margolin
Composers: Oren Ambarchi, Robin Fox
Lighting Designer:Â Benjamin Cisterne
Costume Designer: Anna Cordingly
Performers: Stephanie Lake, Alisdair Macindoe, Josh Mu, Marnie Palomares, Harriet Ritchie
Connected was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust.
WORLD PREMIERE
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