During the performance of The Rite of Spring created by The Program in Choreography at the Univ. College of Dance in Stockholm, four persons shared a skype conference chat, and commented on the piece as if they were a collective that had created the work. Non of them had seen the choreography before.
In the chat: Cecilia Bengolea, Valentina Desideri, DD Dorvillier, Jan Ritsema
The Rite of Spring was performed at PAF in St Erme, 25 October 2008.
With and by: Amada Apetrea, Sidney Leoni, Sebastian Lingserius, Halla Olafsdottir, Mårten Spångberg, Johan Thelander
The Rite of Spring
Cecilia Bengolea 9:39
That’s why he s in the piece
DD Dorvillier 9:39
Oh right
Jan Ritsema 9:39
The start is very good
Marten (Spångberg) smiles too much
DD Dorvillier 9:40
yes
Jan Ritsema 9:40
Halla also
DD Dorvillier 9:40
But now it’s ok
Jan Ritsema 9:40
Sidney too
Valentina Desideri 9:40
Amanda is better… just an inviting smile
Jan Ritsema 9:40
Fuck, they all smile
Cecilia Bengolea 9:40
We didn’t tell them to socialize with the public, but they seem so happy, they can not prevent themselves from smiling and flirting with us!
DD Dorvillier 9:41
This one is good the French one (Sidney), he gets it
Jan Ritsema 9:41
It’s going well
Valentina Desideri 9:42
Music should start, no?
We have a technical problem
DD Dorvillier 9:42
Hmmmm
Cecilia Bengolea 9:43
We re in the chapelle in Paf
DD Dorvillier 9:44
I don’t like that tall guy doesn’t have shoes on, because of the particulars of this space, it being cold then i find myself getting involved with this
Cecilia Bengolea 9:44
There’s still light, the dancers are performing the lack of technical support before they start the rite
DD Dorvillier 9:44
Another kind of rite.. it's a little obvious
Valentina Desideri 9:45
It's actually better, much more natural attitude
Jan Ritsema 9:45
Everybody drops the performance now, that is absolutely not good
DD Dorvillier 9:45
Drops? It seemed like they changed modality
Jan Ritsema 9:46
Drops, yes
Cecilia Bengolea 9:46
There are 10 people in the public that starts to get impatient and have hands like pieces of ice
DD Dorvillier 9:46
But you're right
Cecilia Bengolea 9:46 T
The dancers are as well getting cold and worried. The technique does not allow the Ritual to happen they get into socializing again. They speak about vaginas and forests
DD Dorvillier 9:47
Yes
Cecilia Bengolea 9:47
Clearly, sensationalistic themes to keep us awake and busy
Valentina Desideri 9:47
Let's restart
DD Dorvillier 9:48
Yes, please
Jan Ritsema 9:48
Thats interesting they do it differently
DD Dorvillier 9:48
Still Mårten smiling a bit much? The laughing is ok to me
Jan Ritsema 9:49
More agressive towards us not good at all
Cecilia Bengolea 9:49
We laugh like crazy, me in the public with the dancers in front of me, looking at me with love, I feel in danger.
Valentina Desideri 9:49
Yes it has to be made a difference between proximity and producing empathy
Cecilia Bengolea 9:50
The empathy is exaggerated, I understand they don’t love me but they need me to smile at them
DD Dorvillier 9:50
The shoulder touching is a little uncomfortable but then it makes the other interactions stand out as very immediate. Some are dancing some are warming up
Cecilia Bengolea 9:50
Marten makes a grand plie, shaking arms as a ghost
Halla stands in the middle looking at the seeling
Amanda still laughs with her jazzy costumes, from her solo, I guess...
I stop description and I start translation
Valentina Desideri 9:51
Only marten started right in the middle of the movement all the others just went in crescendo. We could find a different organization of the beginning
Cecilia Bengolea 9:52
The arms cutting ice, wind, people, thoughts, caressing horses
DD Dorvillier 9:52
The contact in the middle is not great when it's too random but now the duet is becoming clearer
Cecilia Bengolea 9:52
The pale faces make me think about a post-mortem dance, they are definately cutting trees and killing parents
DD Dorvillier 9:53
Still the cold feet are distracting me
Cecilia Bengolea 9:53
While the tallest is hunting butterflies to put in the salad
DD Dorvillier 9:54
Because his movements though sweet seem more representational than the others
Cecilia Bengolea 9:54
And saying again hello to the world that he suspects LOVES him UNCONDITIONALY
Jan Ritsema 9:54
Fucking good
Cecilia Bengolea 9:54
They are free as the wildness and don’t argue anymore about everyday concepts they go for a immanent sensual connection, it’s obvious.
DD Dorvillier 9:55
The deliberate aspect of labor is present when i can sense the edges or extremities of the bodies
Cecilia Bengolea 9:55
They become part of my favorite heroes they look for hidden holes in the music, the balance they reach is almost supra natural, I mean balance in one leg! And the triangles hanging on top of their heads become a symbolic motive to think of, the triangle, Pyramid, the strongest geometrical form by excellence!
Valentina Desideri 9:57
It's good when they keep the material for long enough
DD Dorvillier 9:58
That was great how they executed the nuthouse section and then shifted out of it
Cecilia Bengolea 9:58
Still in arabesque, he s reaching nirvana
DD Dorvillier 9:58
Their faces changed and their bodies got heavier
Cecilia Bengolea 9:59
And the dance of the shrimp makes the glorious entrance in a world that did not seemed to be meant for shrimps
DD Dorvillier 9:59
Actually i think the shrimping became less and we got the lobster delivered
Cecilia Bengolea 9:59
But they manage to tolerate every specimen of movements in their phantastically free world
DD Dorvillier 9:59
Which is better
Cecilia Bengolea 9:59
Yes, but I m allergic to both shrimp and lobster
DD Dorvillier 10:00
The orbit which Mårten does is especially strong but we have to work on his extension, see when he does this plunge its good, coz he's really working its not such a gesture
Cecilia Bengolea 10:01
There’s an agreement in not taking the central role for what I see till now there’s no Etoile
Valentina Desideri 10:01
There is always a shift from personal ritual to group ritual… it's working well
DD Dorvillier 10:01
I think we've really succeeded in this part here with the jumps
Cecilia Bengolea 10:01
The shrimps come back
DD Dorvillier 10:01
But i still think it should extend into the solo clarinet section I know we are retrieving our previous work with the shrimps but I think it's important to create a distinction here that it's no longer as vague as it used to be
Cecilia Bengolea 10:02
Some seem habituated by a strong evil force that makes them go into catharsis
DD Dorvillier 10:03
Let’s keep the slippery floor for the premiere
Cecilia Bengolea10:03
Oui, and sidney is a great soloist!!!
Jan Ritsema 10:03
It’s going very well
Cecilia Bengolea10:03
He comes from the opera de paris!
Jan Ritsema 10:03
This is the best execution we ever did ever
DD Dorvillier 10:04
Yes, i agree!
Cecilia Bengolea 10:04
The duet expresses all my ideas of friendship and sex, I’m very proud of them!
DD Dorvillier 10:04
Mårten’s looking out is good
Valentina Desideri 10:05
Yes but let's see this part… that's harder
Cecilia Bengolea 10:05
… and Amanda and Marten go for the chaos with out inhibitions, Nijisnky is visible through the angles of their elbows
DD Dorvillier 10:05
Don’t get tired Marten
Cecilia Bengolea 10:06
Repetition is the best solution to make me come
DD Dorvillier 10:06
Bend in the crease of your hips
Cecilia Bengolea 10:06
… and you go for it, solo quite orgasmic, now we can feel the empathique kinestesie! We’re sharing an experience, they don’t present the idea, but rather give us their life, just as rock starts do. To make us shake in the touch that their state produces into ours. I’m becoming a better person while seeing them
Jan Ritsema 10:08
All in the center does not work
Valentina Desideri 10:09
They managed to build tension for a while but after Sidney moved it dropped or better, changed and the centre stayed the same.
DD Dorvillier 10:09
Ah but this working guys because they are gradually getting back to the orbit
Cecilia Bengolea 10:10
Getting purified, I look forward to give my life on stage as well, not in normal life however, I need to give it each time I play and get hot while playing
DD Dorvillier 10:10
The sounds from the women are good timing with the music but the bouncing into hug is weak
Jan Ritsema 10:10
I think next time we should do it without sounds of the girls
DD Dorvillier 10:10
I think the egg hug is good but the bouncing is weird
Valentina Desideri 10:11
No the sound is ok, DD is right
DD Dorvillier 10:11
… and the hallo is too recognizably Swedish
Cecilia Bengolea 10:11
Their game is including language, I didn’t expect this irruption.
Jan Ritsema 10:11
I loose interest completely
Cecilia Bengolea 10:11
They are bored
Jan Ritsema 10:11
But that is partly due to Stravinsky
DD Dorvillier 10:12
Here I like that we might be able to capitalize on the gender separation for a moment
Cecilia Bengolea 10:12
They don’t give anymore the life they were giving, they didn’t eat
DD Dorvillier 10:12
That's due to the gender separation
Jan Ritsema 10:12
Right
Cecilia Bengolea 10:12
But they give their tiredness and it can be quite touching as well
DD Dorvillier 10:12
I really like this part they dont seem tired to me, the boys just look like they are working and I like it
Jan Ritsema 10:12
They are all on themselves, that is wrong, that is how it started this is not allowed to come back, OUT with it!
Cecilia Bengolea 10:13
Tired in a sense of exhaustion, which the Rite needs, their tiredness is decided and choreographed
DD Dorvillier 10:13
Jan, I agree maybe but this on them selves is more interesting than the opening one
Jan Ritsema 10:13
It is illustrative to the music what they did
DD Dorvillier 10:14
Can they start with this on themselves and skip the first one of the opening
Cecilia Bengolea 10:14
The music is so intense in this moment that nothing would be enough to be in the same level
Jan Ritsema 10:14
We have seen this already
DD Dorvillier 10:14
That is what we decided we were going to do isn’t it?
Cecilia Bengolea 10:14
They shouldn’t move in this part
Jan Ritsema 10:14
Good idea
DD Dorvillier 10:14
Or maybe shift drastically the space
Valentina Desideri 10:14
Yes, we said the state of exhaustion should come later and actually it was to open perception towards the outside
DD Dorvillier 10:14
…to very tight
Jan Ritsema 10:15
Be all on a line on my right side
DD Dorvillier 10:15
Very tight together and moving hard and fast far away
Cecilia Bengolea 10:15
Stay still and let the music be visible, it’s redundant the music and the dance
Jan Ritsema 10:15
These islands of all five is not okay
DD Dorvillier 10:15
Sidney has had it! He needs a whistle or a water bottle
Jan Ritsema 10:15
No
Cecilia Bengolea 10:16
Where is transformation?
Jan Ritsema 10:16
Boys, another orgaization in space please
DD Dorvillier 10:16
And here again i think the dance should anticipate the music change a little bit
Cecilia Bengolea 10:16
They keep bussy from one activity to the other. I don t see anything anymore
DD Dorvillier 10:16
Start the snapping just after Sidney cuts loose
Valentina Desideri 10:16
Yes
Jan Ritsema 10:16
This finger sounds on the music. It’s bad
DD Dorvillier 10:16
I think we had a good idea with the finger snapping
Jan Ritsema 10:17
These times are over
DD Dorvillier 10:17
Stravinsky is all about jazz
Jan Ritsema 10:17
They have to go against the music here not illustrate or underline it
Cecilia Bengolea 10:17
Sidnye is laughing and dancing sharply, quite fun, but what is he thinking of?
DD Dorvillier 10:17
Right now I dont see it illustrating it seems more like work again
Cecilia Bengolea 10:18
They need to reconnect the Chakras again to feel the funndament!!
Jan Ritsema 10:18
It’s the same as in the beginning, NOOOOOOOOOOO
DD Dorvillier 10:18
But now the space is getting weak and I'm losing it a little
Cecilia Bengolea 10:18
Amanda Pina, please, come to make them change sex or give birth!!!
DD Dorvillier 10:18
It’s good, Mårten is so close
Jan Ritsema 10:19
Formations please no islands
Cecilia Bengolea 10:19
The space has no hierarchies, that’s for sure! Don’t ask pears to be an almon tree!!
Jan Ritsema 10:19
No individual stories work on togetherness
Cecilia Bengolea 10:19
Sidney is kicking ass!!!!
DD Dorvillier 10:20
Yes
Valentina Desideri 10:20
We need something like the jump session before
DD Dorvillier 10:20
He's doing something to the space I really want to see Halla do that, cut the space like that
Cecilia Bengolea 10:20
I’m soooo happy to see Johan dancing!
DD Dorvillier 10:20
Oh, but her fire building is really good
Jan Ritsema 10:21
Now its better, they form formations
Cecilia Bengolea 10:21
The Graham technique really helped them to curve the back at the exact cello aggressions
DD Dorvillier 10:21
Ok, I think we need to introduce the idea of duets at a distance to get rid of this island groove, maybe not, about the duets I mean
Valentina Desideri 10:22
Or solos but opened to the space and the others.
I think that would already do a lot, also in changing the formations without having to set them too strictly
DD Dorvillier 10:23
I really want to get these women jumping
Cecilia Bengolea 10:23
They’re extending the limits of the space and we can believe their intensity is the best tool to break down the walls of the space
DD Dorvillier 10:23
Coz’ now it's too acting with genders, boys jumping and big and girls slightly hysterical in a ball
Cecilia Bengolea 10:24
Clap Clap Clap Clap! Sweaty, after giving alles experience!!
Impressive!!!! BRAVO!!!!
