Tuesday 23 February 2010

Nieuwzwart

(...) It´s good to stand empty-handed in front of an empty wall
to move from one side to the other
In front of the wall to move from one side to the other non-stop
from one side to the other the repetition the tranquilization the obstinacy
the joy
metronome from one side to the other
beyond reason and beyond tiredness and beyond hope
beyond pain
beyond consciousness
against the wall (...)

Peter Verhelst

NIEUWZWART, by Wim Vanekeybus. It was vertiginous, frantic, violent, beautiful. It knocked me out. There were some pauses where I felt my body numb. And then it would start again. It was not very good for my mood, but it would have been a pity not to see it.


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