In his new choreography, Cayetano Soto is inspired by „Fuel“, a piece for string orchestra by the American composer Julia Wolfe who transforms the modern industrial world of fuels and machines into clanking string sounds. Soto transfers to human bodies this idea of a single substance that keeps the world moving restlessly: as if the dancers, too, were driven by a mechanical power. The choreography works with contrasts between dynamic, technically virtuous Pas de Deux and Trios on the one hand and static moments on the other hand. In those moments of apparent slowdown the dancers are standing alone, but are unable to achieve any rest. Instead they perform little, nervous, jerky movements as if they were being recharged. Thus they may eventually be swept away again by the machinery, returning to burn their energy – until the tank is empty.

Text: Nadja Kadel

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