Tag: performance piece
Eleven Dancers in a permanent state of nudity
Celebrated Belgian choreographer Thierry Smits has been creating dance productions and performance pieces for his own internationally renowned company Compagnie Thor for over 25 years now. Their very inspired work is frequently deemed controversial as Smits insists on pushing the envelope as far as he can. He shows a fascination in his work that explores our…
Stephen Fry Hates Dancing
The openly gay English comedian, actor, writer, presenter and activist STEPHEN FRY is extremely definite on what he loves and also what he loathes. His very funny televised rant about how much he hates dancing inspired Los Angeles-based filmmaker and dancer JO ROY to respond in the most appropriate way she could, through the medium of interpretive dance. The…
Jan Fabre’s naked Greek Chorus
Jan Fabre is a Belgian leading avant-garde theatre maker, author and visual and performance artist who is renowned for expanding the horizons of every genre to which he applies his artistic vision. His work deals with such themes as violence, lust, beauty and erotica and in particular the body in all its forms which has been the subject…
Eddie Peake and his Naked Art
British artist Eddie Peake who currently has a solo exhibition of work called ‘The Forever Loop’ which is on view at The Curve, Barbican Centre, London, has just presented a “reimagining of sorts” of one of his performance pieces from his days studying at the Royal Academy. Whilst a post-graduate student Peake staged a naked five-a-side football…
