A blurred photo shows five dancers slowly rotating together, orienting their movements toward different parts of the space.

Radical Light

Salva Sanchis

In Radical Light, choreographer Salva Sanchis and four dancers explore the interface of experience-related and formal dance. ‘Experience-related’ stands for the dances that we create spontaneously at a party or at home: instinctive, but also socially determined. Formal dance, however, is what you see in dance performances, the movements are completely ‘composed’.

Discodesafinado’s fuse of minimal techno and experimental electronics inspires Salva Sanchis. Their rhythmic, contemplative sound palette proofs incomprehensible but infectious. Radical Light unleashes the musical concept of pulse on five dancers: straightforward, multilayered and unadulterated. Immerse yourself in sound and movement at an uncompromising 120 beats per minute.

Credits

Choreography
Salva Sanchis
Dance
Inga Huld Hàkonardòttir, Peter Savel, Stanislav Dobák, Thomas Vantuycom/Gabriel Schenker, Salva Sanchis
Music
Discodesafinado (Joris Vermeiren, Senjan Jansen)
Photography
Bart Grietens
Production
Kunst/Werk
With the support of
The Flemish Community
Thanks to
Manon Santkin, Luc Schaltin , Peter Fol

Images

  • Four dancers lean to the right in synchronized tilt, their individual movements varying.
    © Bart Grietens
  • Two dancers, close together and facing back, perform contrasting movements: one stands with a hand raised to shoulder height, the other in a strained, tilted twist.
    © Bart Grietens
  • Five dancers perform distinct movements and postures, closely intertwined in space.
    © Bart Grietens