Peter Trotman and Andrew Morrish, Avalanche photo Neil Thomas |
Avalanche has much more ‘dancing’ than their last piece, The Charlatan’s Web, perhaps because there is greater usage of music. Trotman and Morrish are not trained dancers but they move with commitment and personal style. In fact, their lack of training produces a certain sort of critique of masculine ways of moving—they are not sporty men, they are not men ‘doing’ dance, they are happy to be laughed at, and they cover space in unusual ways, neither seeking nor rejecting grace. The effect is of seeing men work together and co-operate with a mind to the work at hand. Avalanche will be shown as part of Sydney’s antistatic dance event this year.
Avalanche, Peter Trotman and Andrew Morrish, Dancehouse, Melbourne, March 5 - 14; antistatic, The Performance Space, Thursday March 25, 8pm.
RealTime issue #30 April-May 1999 pg. 33
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