Dance for Nothing
In Dance for Nothing, Eszter Salamon performs John Cage’s music, "Lecture on Nothing” (1949) and simultaneously dances with the aim of creating choreography of non-intended movements to be juxtaposed to the text piece. The idea of using music done by words and performing a parallel action as another temporality follows the desire for interaction with non-interference. “The dance in ‘Dance for Nothing’ should be autonomous and never become an illustration or a commentary on the text.”
Concept and dance Eszter Salamon Music John Cage Organisation and production Alexandra Wellensiek/ Botschaft Coproduction DANCE 2010, 12.Internationales Festival des zeitgenössischen Tanzes, (Munich), Espace Pasolini-Théâtre International, (Valenciennes), Far – Festival des arts vivants, (Nyon), TanzWerkstatt Berlin/Tanz im August (Berlin)
Supported by The National Performance Network with funding provided by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and Botschaft (Berlin)
Thanks to Shaina Anand, Ashok Sukumaran/Camp, Paf-St. Erme, Jan Ritsema, Berno Odo Polzer, Bojana Cvejić
In Dance for Nothing, Eszter Salamon performs John Cage’s music, "Lecture on Nothing” (1949) and simultaneously dances with the aim of creating choreography of non-intended movements to be juxtaposed to the text piece. The idea of using music done by words and performing a parallel action as another temporality follows the desire for interaction with non-interference. “The dance in ‘Dance for Nothing’ should be autonomous and never become an illustration or a commentary on the text.”
Concept and dance Eszter Salamon Music John Cage Organisation and production Alexandra Wellensiek/ Botschaft Coproduction DANCE 2010, 12.Internationales Festival des zeitgenössischen Tanzes, (Munich), Espace Pasolini-Théâtre International, (Valenciennes), Far – Festival des arts vivants, (Nyon), TanzWerkstatt Berlin/Tanz im August (Berlin)
Supported by The National Performance Network with funding provided by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and Botschaft (Berlin)
Thanks to Shaina Anand, Ashok Sukumaran/Camp, Paf-St. Erme, Jan Ritsema, Berno Odo Polzer, Bojana Cvejić
