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DANCE PLATFORM

30+31.*01 and 02.02. / 19:30

MART KANGRO ‘Out of Functions’ /WORLD PREMIERE!/

Out if Functions is a performance including speaking, singing and movement performed by 3 performers…

On one hand OOF offers an alternative structure for the most common dramaturgy of a theatrical piece where the action takes place in chronological order.
Presenting different pieces of action as if it was a shuffled slide projection where we can see every slide as an independent picture and we do not associate it with the previous one just knowing that they all come form the same box. This structure gives us a chance to take a look at every “slide” as a whole on its own.

On the other hand the performance material has been very carefully conventionalized and composed clearing out everything but these “objects” and “symbols” that give us a chance to interpret even the most private information in common categories.

One can say that OOF is a story without a story… But it still combines laughter, passion and tears as it is common to a drama. And even as it speaks a lot and about several things that every spectator can associate to or not, it is genuinely trying to figure out how much must be said and how it be said in order to be understood…

Mart Kangro obtained his dance education from Tallinn Pedagogical University. He has collaborated with Mai Murdmaa, Charles Linehan, Susanne Berggren, Xavier Le Roy and Thomas Lehmen. 1996-2001 he was a member of the ballet company of the Estonian National Opera where he created a short piece “Many Things in Life Remain Unseen Anyway”. His first solo performance was premiered in 2001. By know Mart Kangro is the most known contemporary dance artist in Estonia. After the premiere of his new trio we are pleased to present you all his previous works under the name MART KANGRO SPECIAL.

*31.01 performance will be followed by discussion

idea: Mart Kangro
choreography and performance: Krõõt Juurak, Mart Kangro, Manuel Pelmus
light and technical realization: Kalle Tikas, Mart Kangro
co-producers: Kanuti Gildi SAAL and THEOREM, network supported by EU Culture 2000 program
in co-operation with: National Dance Center Bucarest, TANZNACHT BERLIN 2004
duration: 55’
ticket: 50/90

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