LEMON SPONGE CAKE CONTEMPORARY BALLET | SERIOUSLY SOLO | world premiere
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INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CHOREOGRAPHER ROBERT SHER-MACHHERNDL DELIVERS A NEW POP-UP PERFORMANCE SERIOUSLY SOLO, THE SECOND PART IN A TRILOGY OF DISTINCTIVELY INNOVATIVE SOLO WORKS. HE TAKES THE AUDIENCE ON A PERSONAL AND EMOTIONAL JOURNEY REFLECTING THE VISION OF HIS SOUL. SERIOUSLY SOLO JUXTAPOSES CONTEMPORARY BALLET, PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT AND HUMAN GESTURE. IT REFLECTS UPON THE HUMAN CONDITION, EXAMINING THEMES OF ALIENATION, ISOLATION AND CONNECTION.
Performance is followed by a conversation with choreographer Robert Sher-Machherndl, arts writer Deanne Gertner and members of the audience.
“MR. SHER-MACHHERNDL’S LANGUAGE MIXES SNIPPETS OF TEXTBOOK BALLET WITH PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT AND MORE VOLUPTUOUS,ORGANIC COMBINATION OF PHRASING AND INSCRUTABLE GESTURES." THE NEW YORK TIMES
“AUSTRIAN-BORN DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER, ROBERT SHER-MACHHERNDL IS EVERYTHING AN ARTIST SHOULD BE: A FIERCELY CREATIVE, SELF CONFIDENT INDIVIDUAL WHO EXPLOITS FAMILIAR FORMS FOR HIS OWN DEVISES. A VISIONARY WHO FORCES US TO LOOK AT THE HUMAN BODY IN STRANGELY APPEALING WAYS. AND A DANCER WHO MAKES THE RIGOROUS AND PUNISHING SEEM AT ONCE EFFORTLESS AND ALIEN" DANCE PERSON OF THE YEAR | DENVER POST