Dresden

Only the projected word “art” remains visible on stage floor of the Festspielhaus Hellerau, after lots of animated emojis and random memes have rushed across it. Not much else. Viktor Szeri's I Quit Ordinary Dancing plays with refusal, discusses the limits of dance and thus of art. Szeri, together with Júlia Vavra and Márton Gláser, proceeds with the handbrake carefully applied. Threatening techno sounds until one longs for the redeeming arrival of the beat. For a long time, not a single movement, until Szeri finally, almost imperceptibly, displays tiny rotations of the spine. The performers awaken, slowly and expressionlessly, falling into slow-motion movements. They remain completely absorbed, ignoring the driving rhythm. Quite monotonous. It seems clear and easily accessible—provided ...