In this work, Dar demonstrates that good dance may turn its head backward, like Orpheus, but above all it surrenders itself to the present in every lifting of a dancer’s leg and every tossing of her head. It recognizes that “the pure present is the invisible progress of the past gnawing into the future. The truth is that every sensation is already memory,” as philosopher Henri Bergson wrote.Read more
Noa is an exceptional performer, fully present in what she does. It’s impossible to tell whether what we’re seeing is choreographed, improvised, or both simultaneously. There is a strong sense of responsibility for the moment, for the present, for the body.Read more