Little Instruments of Apprehension 2008
Little Instruments of Apprehension 2008
Little Instruments of Apprehension is a song and dance for doctor and patient, for pop star and public, for the infectious and the susceptible, the living and the dead. Rich or poor, victim or bully, optimist or obsessive, we all want to be in control, to resist the reality of our mortality and our environment. Everything we know and fear is taken in by the five senses and their organs -- eye, ear, nose, mouth, skin. These small apertures are protected, groomed and invaded by a series of little instruments. Exploring what we mean by sickness and health, crossing the border between mind and body, challenging the sovereignty of the individual, the cast use objects ranging from domestic items to medical equipment to examine our daily libations and disinfections. The protective becomes percussive in a very contemporary dance of death. This work was originally made for The Tete a Tete opera festival at riverside studio's in London at the time of the mass hysteria caused by the media coverage of the swine flu pandemic.
It was a collaboration with the Composer Evangelia Rigaki, the poet Bill Herbert and the singer/actor Nicola Simeha.
Little Instruments of Apprehension is a song and dance for doctor and patient, for pop star and public, for the infectious and the susceptible, the living and the dead. Rich or poor, victim or bully, optimist or obsessive, we all want to be in control, to resist the reality of our mortality and our environment. Everything we know and fear is taken in by the five senses and their organs -- eye, ear, nose, mouth, skin. These small apertures are protected, groomed and invaded by a series of little instruments. Exploring what we mean by sickness and health, crossing the border between mind and body, challenging the sovereignty of the individual, the cast use objects ranging from domestic items to medical equipment to examine our daily libations and disinfections. The protective becomes percussive in a very contemporary dance of death. This work was originally made for The Tete a Tete opera festival at riverside studio's in London at the time of the mass hysteria caused by the media coverage of the swine flu pandemic.
It was a collaboration with the Composer Evangelia Rigaki, the poet Bill Herbert and the singer/actor Nicola Simeha.