Breaking down a peice form Hofesh Shechter

Hofesh Shechter - Clowns

 

I have chosen this piece by Shechter because there are some similarities between it and my section of the choreography piece. The first similarity is the formation at the beginning. The dancers are placed in such a way that it gives a sense of unity. This is because they are all in a group quite close together. At the beginning of our choreography piece, we also start in a group similar to this that is supposed to represent the brain. 

 

I think this piece of choreography is supposed to represent the fact that all can be well on the outside, but we cannot hide out true selves for long and eventually they show. This relates to the part where the dancers are all moving forward in a civilised way but quickly fall into ‘crooked-backed, gnarly gallops’(Winship, 2020). 

 

The music used for this piece was written by Shechter himself and is a ‘bounding drumbeat on unflagging loop’ (Winship, 2020). This is accompanied by the repetitive gallops and riffs of the dancers. 

 

From an audience's point of view the effect that it gives off is that the regale facade (which represents how we hold ourselves on the outside) will always be revealed in the end. Also the formation makes the dancers look united and everyone is performing the same movements which infers that this revelation does happed to everyone. Nobody can hide their inner selves forever.



Bibliography :


Winship, L., 2020. Clowns Review – A Blast Of Bloodlust From The Brilliant Hofesh Shechter | Dance | The Guardian. [online] Amp.theguardian.com. Available at: <https://amp.theguardian.com/stage/2020/apr/15/hofesh-shechter-clowns-review-bbc-performance-live> [Accessed 18 November 2020].

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