tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616069914052039732.post6530483533381609963..comments2023-11-05T00:53:38.068-07:00Comments on Performance, Place, and Politics: Edge 7 at DOTEPeter Dickinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06525339624428863930noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616069914052039732.post-26805205309670530652017-07-15T22:18:28.182-07:002017-07-15T22:18:28.182-07:00I saw the Edge 7 show on Saturday night. Some of t...I saw the Edge 7 show on Saturday night. Some of the piercing questions in the Untitled Distance were different than the two examples you gave. This is intriguing itself, it shows that the show changes. The dancer's self-talk was so honest. The description of the movement by the other was so simple and inviting . The movement captured the words or was it the other way around? <br /><br />The second piece's physical explosion into the unknown was compelling too. How does Molly McDermot fling herself into Josh Martin's arms then pick him up and carry him. (Oh was that a spoiler?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331145535406600717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616069914052039732.post-57607438305859545732017-07-14T17:33:38.352-07:002017-07-14T17:33:38.352-07:00Hi Peter,
I was in the audience at last night'...Hi Peter,<br /><br />I was in the audience at last night's Edge 7 and immensely enjoyed both performances, especially the first. It is truly a privilege to live in a country that allows multiculturalism and the right to produce, bear witness to, and comment on such shows. The complexity of the diversity we enjoy and the critical discourse it brings asks for a correction: Arash's intro was in Farsi/Persian, one of the languages spoken in Iran. <br /><br />Thank you for taking the time to write this review. elikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15180328532390904534noreply@blogger.com