Running Sushi

This dance is about the diet of low value cultural food that we consume routinely, which can never really satisfy the unrest within. It starts with a morsel of sushi as a metaphor.
A white low platform on center stage serves as an arena on which the 12 acts of "Running Sushi" are enacted in an order chosen by 12 audience members who pick sushi off a plate. This chance order is already a tongue in cheek homage to American choreographer Merce Cunningham, who used a similar technique based on the Chinese book of chance, the I Ching, half a century ago.
Choreographer Chris Haring, dancers Stephanie Cumming and Johnny Schoofs, Thomas Jelinek the dramaturge and sound designers Glim/Andreas Berger, are all equal contributors to this sharp social commentary.

Amazingly, the dancers' movement phrases tightly synched with sound effects, create a most sophisticated picture with the simplest stage means. This picture sums up all of the fleeting images evoked by the dancers, built layer after layer in each of the 12 short scenes that are full to the brim with hinted comments about contemporary life. It was a tasty, most witty, and rather humorous.

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