Archive - Dance Umbrella 2007

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Nik Haffner and Thomas McManus (Germany/USA)
Instrumotional (UK Premiere)

Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Ballroom
Wed 3 - Sun 28 October

Step inside the installation and become part of the show.

You are invited to explore a random arrangement of wooden benches
and intriguing cubes. Look closely and you discover that a short film
can be viewed from inside each of the cubes. The film, choreographed by
Nik Haffner, is a brilliant, yet spooky piece of dance animation performed by
dolls, set in a scene of wooden benches echoing the installation itself.

The choreography is inspired by the work of William Forsythe with whom Haffner and McManus danced for many years. This eerie and multi-layered work combines the act of observing with the act of participating, involving its audience at every level.

'Anatomically brilliant'
THE GUARDIAN

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