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SDS1
September 22, 2015 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
$20 – $30Presented by Performing Lines & Mobile States with PICA
FOOTBALL AS THEATRE – BEAUTIFUL AND UGLY ALL AT ONCE
Returning to PICA as part of a national Mobile States tour, former footballer Ahilan Ratnamohan performs SDS1, a thrilling dance-inspired work derived entirely from the physicality of ‘the beautiful game’.
Exploring football (or soccer) as an art form, this physically charged performance has the audience living the surreal, visceral yet poetic experience of a football match. SDS1 ponders the psyche of the vulnerable warriors on the pitch striving to be loved and hated, worshipped and scorned, and through sheer athletic prowess, creates layers of movement that see the player ‘caught’ in the performance, rather than in control of it.
This is football as theatre – stripped back, extracted, frozen, repeated, abstracted.
“…The sheer physical stamina and technique displayed by this fusion of dance and football was thrilling…”
– Crikey Daily Review
Button TextCreator & Performer Ahilan Ratnamohan
Lighting Designer Mirabelle Wouters
Outside Eye Lee Wilson
Dramaturg Kristof Persyn
Tour Producer Performing Lines
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