Attachments 1-6

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Conception Athena Mazarakis (Co Created by Athena Mazarakis, Craig Morris, Gerard Bester)

Performer Quotes:

Morris – ‘Conventionally dancers were bodies in space but there was certain conformity to the movement. Now (in physical theatre) there’s a new chance for you as an individual to define your space’

Mazarakis- ‘The body as medium or body as language precedes what traditional theatre brings through text. It is often able to make bold statements before other modes have started to do that, before words are even spoken’

Extracts from an interview with Warren Foster – Mail and Guardian November 9-15 2007

1. When We First

First performed at FNB Dance Umbrella ‘04
Music:  Sail Away – David Gray

2. Blue Bathroom

First performed at FNB Dance Umbrella ‘05
Music:  Twist and Shout
(P.Medley/B.Russel)
Performed by the Beatles

3. SleepTalk

First performed at FNB Dance Umbrella ‘04

Original music composition and arrangement: Chris Wood
Music sourced: String Quartet No.6 in F, Op. 96 “American by Antonin Dvořák (Lento)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D.810 “Death and the Maiden” by Franz Schubert (Andante con moto)

4. Take Out

First performed at FNB Dance Umbrella ‘05
Original music composition: Philip Miller

5. What If (For my mother)

First performed at FNB Dance Umbrella ‘05
Music:  Everytime we say goodbye – Cole Porter
Sung by Jimmy Scott – All the Way

6. Lost in Away

First performed at FNB Dance Umbrella ‘04
Music:  Psalom by Arvo Pärt – played by the Kronos Quartet

7. From the Outside In

First performed at KKNK ‘07
Music:  Koop Island Blues – Koop

Press quotes

Sunday Times April 10 2005

What is really exceptional are the choreographic vocabulary and the performances of Mazarakis and Morris, Bester employs a deceptively simple choreographic language that accurately portrays the reserved and tentative excitement the partners feel when they meet and fall in love. –Zingi Mkefa

The Star November 6 2007

This series of encounters of the romantic kind co-created with and directed by Gerard Bester has matured into a profoundly textured work radiating pathos, imagination, virtuosity and seasoned artistry. –Adrienne Sichel

Latest update: September 2013