Gelsen-
kirchen

The people appear like small figures among large spheres. Like on a playing field, they move in front of, beside, on, and around the white rolling spheres in Ivar van Woenzel's s-now-s. They push them, swing over them, and walk on them. It is a constant balancing act that van Woenzel created together with the Gelsenkirchen dance ensemble. Van Woenzel is a circus artist and acrobatic dancer—so it's hardly surprising that ballet director Giuseppe Spota engaged him for his final dance performance at the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen. Both enjoy combining dance and acrobatic elements, and Spota consistently incorporates urban dance and techniques that demand strength and flexibility into his contemporary choreographies. When he took over the MiR's dance department from Bridget ...