When the performance began, I felt the whole show was going to be an interpretive version of the 80’s aerobics and exercise videos. The performers’ costumes only supported my believes. As their motion began to get more complex, I began to pay more attention to the beat and their movement. Each dancer had great coordination with other dancers and time.
What amused me was that the background music in each performance played an important in eliciting an emotion in the audience, or at least in me. Their different steps and timing of movement also gave away different messages. Sometimes the motion (in terms of timing) conflicted with the beat of background music. In other words, the music had faster beat than the dancer motion indicated. I also liked that each performance had different meanings even though the dancers did not show any expressions. This was also the part that irritated me, because we are used to having a clear idea about almost everything. Not knowing was annoying but it also allows us to attach our own meaning to things.
In the end, it was a great experience. Although, I wish we had a little bit more information on what inspired the dance’s creator to invent the art form.
