UNA CREAZIONE COLLETTIVA DI/A JOINT WORK BY REGGIE (REGG ROC) GRAY E/AND PETER SELLARS
CON LA COMUNITÀ DI DANZA/WITH THE MEMBERS OF FLEX – FLEX COMMUNITY DI NEW YORK
REGIA/DIRECTED BY PETER SELLARS, REGGIE (REGG ROC) GRAY
DISEGNO LUCI, SCULTURE & DESIGN/LIGHT AND SCULPTURE DESIGN BEN ZAMORA
SOUND DESIGN GARTH MACALEAVEY
COSTUMI/COSTUME DESIGN GABRIEL BERRY MUSICA/MUSIC EPIC B
COMMISSIONATO E PRODOTTO DA/COMMISSIONED AND PRODUCED BY PARK AVENUE ARMORY
date/dates 2 luglio/july h 21.00
3 luglio/july h 19.00
luogo/venue teatro augusteo
durata/running time 1h 30min
lingua/language spettacolo senza uso di parole/show without words
paese/country stati uniti/united states
Characterized by pausing, snapping, gliding, bone breaking, hat tricks, animation, and contortion, flex is a form of street dance that has evolved from the Jamaican bruk-up found in dance halls and reggae clubs in Brooklyn. This electrifying phenomenon was premiered at the Park Avenue Armory (New York) in March 2015. This new project confronts issues of social injustice, with the dancers exploring personal narratives through their own unique movement vocabulary in post-modern dance. Created in the era of unrest following rulings on Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York City, this powerful new work is now on a world tour. Staged by visionary director Peter Sellars and flex pioneer Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray in collaboration with a crew of 15 flex dancers from the very neighborhoods where the movement first took shape. Performing both as individuals and in groups to choreography created by the ensemble itself, the dancers utilize their breathtakingly beautiful movement to tell deeply human and sometimes heart-wrenching stories that address these troubling issues of our time.
