It’s not easy being straight
Like watching Sisyphus roll his rock up the mountain, “Linearity” shows the fascinatingly endless task of imposing straightness on an irregular world. With rolls of bright adhesive tape, two ambitious and energetic dancers restructure their environment by creating straight lines in the unlikeliest of places.
It’s as if the audience were watching a construction site. The dancers perform daring feats of precision and thrilling symmetry. Bit by bit, recognizable forms emerge on the ground and in the air.
The movement language of “Linearity” is based on an extended dialogue between straight lines and luxurious curves and wiggles. How straight do we really want to be? How many curves can we handle? The choreography looks for answers to questions that end up being surprisingly personal.
full-length performance video
CHOREOGRAPHY
Joshua Monten
DANCE
Alina Lugovskaya
Yiorgos Pelagias
Dario Rigaglia [alternate]
Jack Wignall [alternate]
DRAMATURGY
Florence Ruckstuhl
COSTUME DESIGN
Sandra Klimek
MUSIC
Matthias Schoch
PRODUCED BY
Tough Love
COPRODUCTION
Centre de Création Hélvetique des Arts de Rue (CCHAR)
Tanzfest Bern
WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE FINANCIAL SUPORT FROM THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS
Kultur Stadt Bern
SWISSLOS / Kultur Kanton Bern
Burgergemeinde Bern
Gesellschaft zu Ober-Gerwern
Oertli-Stiftung
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
25-26 February 2023 (2x) — CCHAR, La Chaux-de-Fonds (CH) — try-out
3-4 May 2023 (2x) — Mosaikschule Munzinger, Bern (CH) — try-out
5 May 2023 (2x) — First Friday, Biel (CH) — try-out
12 May 2023 (2x) — Tanzfest Bern (CH) — premiere