The final round of the International Choreography Competition, in which four works were presented, does not coalesce into a overarching theme, rather it reveals itself as a consistent emotional space. Loneliness emerges as a point of departure and as raw material. Three solo works and one trio draw a portrait of contemporary dance as a practice of being alone, even when others are present on stage and despite the presence of spectators. This is not romantic or sentimental loneliness, but an existential loneliness of the artist and the dancer, those who operate within themselves, out of division, tension and inner struggle, and who seek to communicate it not through confession or narrative, but through a moving body in inner and outer space and in time.Read more