Hamburg

There’s hissing, thumping, gasping. And in the center of the room moves Rhys Dennis, infinitely slowly, he circles, he sways, he falls in the twilight. A twilight that lasts the entire three-quarters of an hour, and from which two more bodies gradually emerge, just as slowly, from behind, barely discernible, yet of an undeniable presence. Dennis, a British-Caribbean dancer and choreographer based in London and Brazil, explored rituals of collective mourning during his residency at K3 – Center for Choreography in Hamburg. Feast, a further development of his piece Feasts of Discord, premiered at the K3 Festival Tanz-HochDrei at the end of March, deals with lineages within Caribbean family structures, but within the context of contemporary club culture. This means that drones hum ...