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Dance Review: ‘Pause/Restart: Project Exit The Hamsterwheel and Tetris’ at Triskelion Arts
Posted By: Jacquelyn Claireon: April 20, 2016
Triskelion Arts presented Jackie Moynahan’s Pause/Restart: Project Exit The Hamsterwheel and DenisaMusilova’s Tetris as part of their robust Spring/Summer program. These two works were soaked in quirky narrative and really appealed to my sense of humor and my enjoyment of work that is threaded with hope.
I have a strong affinity for contemporary dance that is able to really allow the body to tell a palpable story and pull me into the subconscious world of layered emotions.
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Denisa Musilova’s Tetris followed. Remember Tetris? The game that could be played on your phone where you had to try to make the pieces fit together before they caused blockages? You wanted to make perfect lines and make sure every piece fitted together. It was seriously addictive. Just like this groundbreaking piece. Musilova’s choreography plays on our “cravings for success and the desire to fit in.” It is a monumental work and is definitely one of the most riveting performances I have experienced in the last year. The dance language created for this offering was complex and exhilarating. The four dancers were enmeshed in a grid of interlocking bodies that connect and disconnect at an incredible pace.
Britney Tokumoto, Sarah Haarman, Iris Platt and Denisa Musilova are on a quest for advancement. They work with alienation, distance, rivalry as well as melding, holding and supporting. Each woman brought their own unique characterization and personality into the “game” as they clashed into each other trying to find the way to fit together. It was breathtaking to watch. They were so skilled and well-rehearsed.
Movement was powerfully matched with meaning. I felt the story in my bone marrow. I also have to mention the phenomenal soundtrack for the piece. It was a collage of sheer sound brilliance. It was beautifully constructed –an artwork all on its own.
I think Musilova is an emerging choreographer that really has a new voice in this genre. Her work is astoundingly detailed and visionary. I think I was witness to the birth of one of the next big choreographers of her generation. Write down her name, seek her out, you will not be disappointed.
My husband and I dissected her work from Greenpoint to Williamsburg, on the L train and N and along sidewalks in midtown until we might have changed the subject at the Queensboro Bridge. But I think I dreamt her work that night and woke up invigorated!
Running time: 60 minutes with one 15-minute intermission
