ZERO DEGREES (2005)

ZERO DEGREES (2005)

1. Subject Matter

   • No Zone (Space Between)
     • Life and Death
       • The lament at the end is used at funerals The dummies are 'dead' Khan convulses at the end- personifies the metaphor of his struggle to deal with that death
     • Between Cultures
       • First section or two
         • The lighting means there's one strip of light across the stage which represents this
   • Identity
     • Sidi solo pointing 'that's me' Neutral costume culture reference from Khan's skirt
     • Passport
     • Dual nationality of choreographers
     • Dummies
   • Inner Conflict
     • Attack and block section Khan convulses
   • Duality
     • Mutation
       • Shadow section
     • Khan sitting on Larbi
       • They are two but then Khan breaks off and they aren't a mutation anymore

2. Starting Points

   • Death of a passenger
     • Section 1
       • Explains the situation going into the dance- like a prologue
   • Journey
     • On a train section
       • Box step with swinging arms seen in Sacred Monsters (2006)
   • Working With Larbi (Collaboration)
     • Bouncy Ball
     • Attack and Block
       • The speed is Khan and the martial arts is Larbi- moroever, the fluidity is more Larbi
     • The use of shadows
       • Sufi turns fluid rolls
     • Section 2 Hands/ gesture section near beginning
       • fluid

3. Sidi Larbi

   • Stylistic features
     • Extreme flexibility
       • Larbi's solo- roles using hyperflexibility in spine keeping head in same place End of Bouncy Ball section- flop in half split banging head on the floor Attack and block- walkover (spine)
     • Fluidity
       • Attack and block- continuous flow of movement arm gesture followed by rolls etc Bouncy Ball- continuous movement-momentum Second section- with arms Solo- foward handstand into controtionist roll Doesn't hit one movement- move through each other
     • Eclectic style of dance
       • hip hop
         • the rebouding from off the floor and head stand
       • yoga
         • head stand
       • martial arts
         • attack and block
       • contemporary
         • arms section shadow section- post modern influence with contact improv
       • ballet
         • goes on the tips of his jazz shoes- on pointe
     • Collaborations
       • Akram Khan
       • Nitin Sawhney
       • Antony Gormley
       • Eastman
       • Cedar Lake Ballet
         • Orbo Novo
       • Patricia Bovi
       • Damien Jalet
       • Les Ballet C. de la B
         • first ballet company he worked with also worked with him on zero degrees 2005
       • Osamu Tezuka
         • Tezuka- based on Japanese Manga
       • Shantala Shivalingappa
         • play
       • Shaolin monks
     • Experimental Choreogrpahy
       • monks Arms section in Zero Degrees Orbo Novo- alphabet quote Faun- the dancers contribute to the process
       • Improvisation
         • Don Don- young monk playing with set Faun- contact improv
     • Accompaniment
       • Not using popular music
         • patrizia bovi
       • music before movement
         • sutra starting point
       • polyphonic singing