When the New York Times journalist Sam Anderson learned of the death of the last male Northern White Rhino, he flew to Kenya to observe and recount in detail the daily life of the last two representatives of this species, which would disappear from the earth for good once they had died. The indifferent image of these individuals in the face of the fate of their species gave the reporter a sense of peace at a time of global uncertainty.
Core seeks, through a formal investigation of different styles of urban dance (Krumping, Finger Tutting, Waving, Afro…), to offer the image of the man who dances because he has discovered that, as Paul Valéry puts it, we have “too much energy for our needs”. In other words, to present dance as excess, as a celebration derived from life. Dancing to exhaustion, dancing to the end because perhaps there is nothing more that can be done.
Concept, idea and dramaturgy: Gaston Core
Choreography: Gaston Core y Oulouy, in collaboration with Aina Alegre in choreography
Dancer: Oulouy
Sound space: Jorge da Rocha
Styling: Juanjo Villalba
Lighting design and technical direction: Ivan Cascon
Data, Photo & Videomaker: Alice Brazzit
Accompaniment and diffusion: Haizea Arrizabalaga
Coproduction: Festival Grec y Sala Hiroshima.
