My first thoughts involving having to attend the show were that this could be a hit or miss performance for me. I am the farthest thing possible from being fond of dance, but I can also appreciate passion despite not being able to comprehend what is actually going on with the dancing. Despite these thoughts, the context of the “overview effect” is something that I found very intriguing while reading into the pamphlet and hearing Sara introduce it to us. This was what was going through my mind before the show began, and with no idea of what was to come.

When the performance started, I was expecting a form of dance which might have been more fluid, but the first dancer came out to an eery beat and started to contort her body in ways that were frankly uncomfortable. I realized at this point how abstract the dance was really going to be. I do not think that the dance would have been as powerful to those who did not read the pamphlet before the show, because without context the performance looked essentially spastic. I did not like the beginning of the performance much, but the end really appealed to me. The part where the two dancers were circling each other and naming countries was the moment where I began to piece together the elements of the overview effect. The most profound part was when the dancers slowly changed their tones while saying Germany. A few repetitions later the audience heard the word harmony and I thought that would have served as a nice ending to the performance. While the dancers were rotating, there was also a point where the lights were aimed from a position under them and it created an very impressive display on the white wall on my right. All in all I feel guilty for not being able to fully appreciate the choreography itself but I did enjoy the passion and the story that the dancers gave.