Daily Archives: October 20, 2013

“Cesena”, choreographed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, is a beautiful mélange of light, dance, and music.  This is not to say that I wasn’t confused throughout much of the piece.  In fact, compared to during “A (micro) history of economics, … Continue reading →

Black and white, I thought, except for the bright sneakers. “Cesena” by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker was a rendition of the typical contrasts of life; between white and black, life and death, enlightenment and despair. The piece started with a dimly lit setting used … Continue reading →

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Cesena starts off with a screaming man belting out tribal-sounding chants, then later running in a circle while the audience watches in near complete darkness, barely being able to see the action on the stage.  After … Continue reading →

As a man stood in the almost complete darkness, squatting down and singing in a shrill, high- pitched voice, I was admittedly confused and unsure what to make of what I was seeing.  Soon after this, he began running around … Continue reading →

A man stood on stage, alone and in the dark. A dimly lit stage cast an eerie glow on him as he projected a series of notes. He was eventually accompanied by the rest of the dancers, as they remained … Continue reading →