Word: feld
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CONVINCED THAT NO HUMANS EXIST on other planets. God simply could not make the same mistake twice. HENRY FELD Los Angeles...
Unlike many traditional ballets, Feld's piece shows not only the reality of what the dancers are supposed to represent, but also their existence as bodies on stage, as a reality in and of themselves...
...Feld's choreography calls for the dancers to appear informally on stage to warm-up as the audience is being seated. This merging of representation and reality becomes a unifying force once the lights dim and the music starts...
...classically trained company's execution of Feld's challenge to traditional ballet is commendable, with minor exceptions. The dancers falter during Feld's complicated, highly rhythmic patterns, when they lose their sense of the sequences' purpose and break their connection to each other in the chaos...
These problems do not undermine the overwhelming power of "Contra Pose." This experiment in illusion and reality is a stunning development in dance that Feld enforces masterfully...