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I encountered no one who saw Meg Stuart’s Disfigure Study and who wasn’t knocked sideways by it. Mary Brennan, Dance Theatre Journal, summer 1992 Meg Stuart has attracted international attention with her radical works and experiments with the human body. She presented her first evening-length piece, Disfigure Study, over ten years ago at the Klapstuk Festival in Leuven, Belgium. In this production she gives a reflection of the contemporary society confronting her at the time in New York City, with everyday actions as her basis: standing, sitting, walking, lying, listening, thinking. By "freezing" movements, isolating individual elements, and through repetition, Meg Stuart discovers the essence and meaning of movement. She "dissects" the human body through the physical impact of limb upon limb, dancer upon dancer. What at times seems roughly sketched, or even raw, creates an atmosphere of great intensity and of longing for touching and erotic desire. The distortion of the quotidian and the exploration of taboos and limits create a completely new body image that is especially relevant in this age of virtualization.Disfigure Study premiered in October 1991, with Meg Stuart, Francisco Camacho, and Carlota Lagido performing. The production was the first to be shown in the new auditorium at the Podewil during the festival Tanz im August in 1992. By the end of 1993, it had been shown forty-two times in a total of seventeen cities, including Berlin, Paris, London, Madrid, Lisbon, and New York. In 1996, Disfigure Study toured through Europe, again with great success. The production is returning to the stage in 2002 with a new cast and live music accompaniment and will be shown exclusively at Podewil during the KÖRPERSTIMMEN N°7 festival. |
March 29/30/31 8:00 p.m. Meg Stuart/ Damaged Goods Disfigure Study (German premiere of the new version) Choreography: Meg Stuart, Performers: Simone Aughterlony, Joséphine Evrard, Michael Rüegg, Live Music: Hahn Rowe, Lighting concept: Randy Warshaw, Costume design: Eva Goodman, Costumes: Nathalie Douxfils, Technical director: Marc Dewit Production: Damaged Goods (Brüssel), Co-produced by: STUK/Klapstuk (Leuven) Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods are artists- in- residence at the Schauspielhaus Zurich and receive funding from the government of Flanders. www.damagedgoods.be  |
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| Thus, the art of Meg Stuart and Damaged Goods opens up a space with their performance that the theater needs in times that occasionally render us speechless. Christina Thurner, Theater der Zeit, 01/2002 | ||||
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