Review of 'Short & Sharp' at Bora Bora in Aarhus
Art is, daring to be real!
Review
5 ★ Kulturnyt
Ambiorn Happy, Kulturnyt.net
11. october 2024.
The evening's three pieces of open-faced sandwhich (smørrebrød) at Bora Bora are about the art of being human. You know it. "Short & Sharp" is world-class art, a dance performance at 5 stars. Think you will love to experience it at Bora Bora in Aarhus. Last chance Friday. Buy a ticket. Otherwise, it's time for butter and bread pudding. Such is life.
Photo: Martin Dam, Carla Jiménez Puigdevall, Joseph Mayer
I was captivated by 'Gossip Body' with Ottavia Catenacci. She has a blue leotard and some sturdy running shoes. Pokes around a bit in the evening's first solo performance. Goes backwards a lot. Have her back to the audience. Making all the mistakes I have to avoid if I want to be an artist. And she does it on purpose. 'Gossip Body' talks sincerely about how difficult it is to look the audience in the eyes. That's how it is. Denmark's greatest artist - currently dead and buried - Storm P. had an eye for it. Art is a difficult thing. Ottavia Catenacci tells about it. Can hardly contain herself. And it is difficult, in life's work of art. All art is about the audience. The artist is not that important. Like a selfie or a business card. Art is something that audiences love because we find ourselves in art. Therefore, the most popular art forms are: Pornography, football and pop music. Although it is all unimportant and insignificant, the audience finds itself in the art. So the first step in art is to look the audience in the eyes. It is well told by Ottavia Catenacci. It is so difficult to stand out in the world - for all of us - and be seen, and see others. Now I'm getting excited. Will Magalí Camps - dancing on 'smørrebrød' number 2, 'Double You Single View' - build on Ottavia Catenacci's 'Gossip Body'? Yes! She dances more in relation to the audience. Looking at them. Talking. But still difficult. When we are on the way to find ourselves we say things like "Hello" without listening for the answer. And she does. "Hello - hello!" After some time she gets tired of the lack of response from the audience. Pours water onto the dance floor. Undresses. She continue the dance in a bathing suit. Running and throwing herself on the floor, pirouettes - and it's great. As good as a performance in a strip club in Las Vegas. Because that is the question for you, and for all art. "Does it end up being just entertainment if I make art?" Magalí Camps shows us that challenge. To be myself, or to be entertainment for others. Art is becoming human. To be seen as human. To find oneself. That's why I love Charlie Trier. He is a laban. Or she, what do I know, at least a mustache and very nice legs. Charlie opens your mouth and coaxes 'smørrebrød' number 3 into you. She has - she must be so, and Charlie must forgive me if he is she, or vice versa - she has a great show where she looks the audience in the eyes. And she says: 'I am real!' This is the greatest art. There is no greater art! 'I exist!' - it is the highest expression of art. What it is - this 'I am real' - it doesn't matter really. You can be a goldfish, a Shetland pony, a tablecloth from Bing & Grøndal, a jaguar, school teacher, night watchman, dancer, clown, businessman... It doesn't matter what you are. But you exist! And that's important! Thanks to Bora Bora for the experience. Thanks to Laban, Ottavia and Magalí. It was a good experience. Gossip Body Double You Single View Surfacing Hypocrisy1. Look the audience in the eyes
2. Say 'Hello!'
3. Let the audience find themselves in you
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