Post # 3:

Title: ENDLESS CYCLE
Choreography: Gregory King
Music: Airto Moreira
Dancers: Charlotte Gleason, John Mingle



MY DESCRIPTION OF THE DANCE MOVEMENTS & THE PIECE AS A WHOLE:

I describe this dance as “QUIRKY, UNUSUAL, CURIOUS, CONTORTED, AND SENSUAL.”


GENERAL OBSERVATIONS:

My number one observation of this piece is the immense amount of PARTNERING work. The partnering has very angular movements, mixed with the extreme pliancy and flexibility of Charlotte. There is contrast in the piece between the jerky movement that both dancers display at times and the moments when Charlotte’s body goes completely limp. The piece has an ANIMALISTIC MOVEMENT QUALITY. There is a lot of touching, feeling, and discovering each other in the partnering work. All of this is danced in a very sensual but not in a necessarily or at least blatantly sexual manner. The interesting, tribal-like music and the red & black costuming reinforce the animalistic quality of the dance.


MY INTERPRETATION OF MESSAGE:

This piece is as if man (represented by John) is discovering woman (Charlotte) for the first time. Charlotte also participates in this journey of discovery: investigating John, struggling against him a bit, and eventually surrendering to him. At the end of the piece, John is confident; he has attained and subdued his delightful object of discovery.


VIDEO CLIP:

ENDLESS CYCLE VIDEO CLIP (filmed by Christine Harris)




FAVORITE MOMENTS:

.24 – lift
.41 – leg extension
1.03 – partnering
1.22-.233
3.44 – John opens doors