Hofesh Shechter
His work “Uprising” is a powerful piece for seven men. All-male dances can be a tricky choice: too camp, too symbolic, too macho, too predictable, too boring. Shechter presented a “revolution” done by men looking sexy, making a post-modernist aesthetic statement – and a highly enjoyable one. Furthermore, despite references to the physicality and speed of Ohad Naharin, he avoids repetition and beats his own path toward a very personal choreographic
language.
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