ZERO DEGREES (2005)

1. Life and Death

   Nota:

   • 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
2. Between Cultures
   1. First section or two

      Nota:

      • The lighting means there's one strip of light across the stage which represents this

Nota:

• Sidi solo pointing 'that's me' Neutral costume culture reference from Khan's skirt

1. Passport
2. Dual nationality of choreographers
3. Dummies

Nota:

• Attack and block section Khan convulses

1. Mutation
   1. Shadow section
2. Khan sitting on Larbi

   Nota:

   • They are two but then Khan breaks off and they aren't a mutation anymore

1. Section 1

   Nota:

   • Explains the situation going into the dance- like a prologue

1. On a train section

   Nota:

   • Box step with swinging arms seen in Sacred Monsters (2006)

1. Bouncy Ball
2. Attack and Block

   Nota:

   • The speed is Khan and the martial arts is Larbi- moroever, the fluidity is more Larbi
3. The use of shadows

   Nota:

   • Sufi turns fluid rolls
4. Section 2 Hands/ gesture section near beginning

   Nota:

   • fluid

1. Extreme flexibility

   Nota:

   • 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)
2. Fluidity

   Nota:

   • 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
3. Eclectic style of dance
   1. hip hop

      Nota:

      • the rebouding from off the floor and head stand
   2. yoga

      Nota:

      • head stand
   3. martial arts

      Nota:

      • attack and block
   4. contemporary

      Nota:

      • arms section shadow section- post modern influence with contact improv
   5. ballet

      Nota:

      • goes on the tips of his jazz shoes- on pointe
4. Collaborations
   1. Akram Khan
   2. Nitin Sawhney
   3. Antony Gormley
   4. Eastman
   5. Cedar Lake Ballet

      Nota:

      • Orbo Novo
   6. Patricia Bovi
   7. Damien Jalet
   8. Les Ballet C. de la B

      Nota:

      • first ballet company he worked with also worked with him on zero degrees 2005
   9. Osamu Tezuka

      Nota:

      • Tezuka- based on Japanese Manga
   10. Shantala Shivalingappa

       Nota:

       • play
   11. Shaolin monks
5. Experimental Choreogrpahy

   Nota:

   • monks Arms section in Zero Degrees Orbo Novo- alphabet quote Faun- the dancers contribute to the process
   1. Improvisation

      Nota:

      • Don Don- young monk playing with set Faun- contact improv
6. Accompaniment
   1. Not using popular music

      Nota:

      • patrizia bovi
   2. music before movement

      Nota:

      • sutra starting point
   3. polyphonic singing