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Dance Video Installation “Men
in the Wall”
venue: ProArte Institute
Directed
and choreographed by Liz Aggiss
and Billy Cowie, "Men
in the Wall" is a four- creen 3-dimensional
stereoscopic screen dance installation, commissioned by Arts
Council Capture 3 that re-defines dance screen practice. Special
stereoscopic glasses are provided to watch this 3D world of
four men, whose shared framed lives reveal a public quartet
of private differences. The piece runs on a continuous 25-minute
loop.
Cast : Jeddi Bassan, Sebastian Gonzalez, Thomas Kampe, Scott
Smith. Text Billy Cowie. Costume Holly Murray.
Men in the Wall national and international touring 2004/5 includes:
I.C.A. London, National Review Glasgow, Brighton Festival, Trinity
Square Gallery Toronto, New Art Gallery Walsall, Leamington
Pump Rooms, Worcester City Art Gallery, Corn Exchange Newbury,
IMZ International Screen Dance Festival.
“…let
me assure everyone that "Men In The Wall," is successful
on every front — dance, video, comedy, travel, architecture
and human interest. And, yes, you do get to wear 3-D glasses.
The effortlessness can be attributed to the some 20 years that
Aggiss — a British dancer trained in the United States
and with Hilde Holger in London — and Cowie, a remarkable
composer/writer, have collaborated, melding video, dance and
music together under the performance rubric, "Divas."
But credentials don't explain results. "Men In The Wall"
enormously expands video's horizon. As each guy occupies his
own space — now dancing, now playing the guitar while
singing lieder — each acts as human semaphore, sending
human-shaped signals. It's as tightly constructed as a classic
American sitcom, and funnier than most.’ Peter Goddard
Toronto Star
'The
two installations were delighful. 3D glasses enhance Liz Aggiss
and Billy Cowie’s four screen stereoscopic Men in the
Wall. Situated against various backdrops (day, night, urban,
coastal, etc) each male – a mixed batch of builds and
temperaments and nationalities – dwells in his own walled
square. They talk, sing, play music and move in a fashion stamped
with the Aggiss/Cowie signature of quirky-humoured poetry and
askew beauty. ‘Donald Hutera Dance Europe
‘Men
in the Wall is perhaps the most radical, with 3-D figures that
appear to detach themsleves from the screen and inhabit the
same space as the viewer’ Guardian Guide Judith Mackrell
'Aggiss and Cowie’s impression on the dance film excellence
and innovation cannot be overestimated’ Ballet Tanz
: Tanzfilm Autumn 2005 Lizzie le Quesne
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Closing Ceremony
© Kinodance–Russia, 2006
akovgan@kinodance.com
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