Mette Ingvartsen (DEN)
Moving in Concert
21-22 February 2020
Programme
About man and his life in a technologised world.
Tickets21 Feb
19:00
22 Feb
19:00
She has given us naked lindy hop and a small army of blue full body socks. Now she takes the plunge into a completely different subject: human beings and their lives in a digitised universe.
In the series "The red pieces", Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen has explored themes such as desire, pleasure, pornography, sex and the relationship between sexuality and the public sphere. Both "7 Pleasures" and "To come (extended)" has had Dansens Hus audiences rushing to the theatres. In 'Moving in concert' the subject is completely different.
Now Mette steps into the scientific laboratory and reflects on human beings and their lives in a digitalised, technologised world. Who really leads whom? How are our brains affected by being totally overwhelmed by digital interactions? And when we press 'off' - does it still influence our body and brain?
About the choreographer
Mette Ingvartsen
Mette Ingvartsen is a dance choreographer and dancer. She has studied in Amsterdam and Brussels and graduated in 2004 from the P.A.R.T.S. school in Brussels.
Between 2004 and 2014 she produced a wide range of works such as '50/50' (2004), 'Why we love action' (2006), 'Giant City' (2009) and 'evaporated landscapes' (2009).
In 2010, she worked on several site-specific works themed around artificial nature, such as "The Extra Sensorial Garden" in Copenhagen (2010).
In 2014, Mette started a series of works under the collective name 'The Red Pieces'. First up was "69 Positions", which questioned the boundary between private and public space by literally putting a naked body in the middle of the theatre audience.
The second piece in the series was '7 Pleasures' where a group of 12 dancers explored variations of nudity and sexuality. It dealt with concepts such as pleasure and lust and how the mass is set against the individual, the object against the body.
In autumn 2019, Mette Ingvartsen premiered 'Moving in Concert' - a work in which she discusses people and their role in a new digitalised world.
"What I want to explore with "Moving in Concert" is the body's relationship with technology, on a more abstract level. Or rather, how to understand technology as something that is active in our bodies even if we are no longer directly connected to technological devices, such as computers, tablets and phones. I am interested in how the incorporation of technology into our bodies transforms the neurological patterns in our brains. How it changes the way we feel, think, live and emote."
Between 2013 and 2016, Mette worked at Kaaitheater in Brussels. She has also been connected to the university world and has a PhD in choreography at UNIARTS.
Read more about Mette Ingvartsen on her website: www.metteingvartsen.net
