To Come
to come by Mette Ingvartsen (Denmark). to come by the young Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen was a modest hit, a secret tip-off which mobilized an enthusiastic young audience. to come is based on the conclusion that in our everyday lives – on television, in magazines and in films – we are constantly confronted with sexual bodies. Together with four dancers, Mette Ingvartsen incorporates this into a highly amusing performance that is made up of three parts.
Information
(Objekt ID 4319)| Object type | Production |
| Coproducers | , PACT Zollverein, |
| Keywords | Dance, Contemporary dance |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | No |
We are surrounded by images of sexual bodies. Commercials, cinema, magazines, internet, all kind of media expose the intimate and the erogenous. Flesh, fluids, skin, tits and muscles no longer belong to the late hours in a dark joint somewhere around the corner but to our daily life input. We can’t just click the “deselect” that controls the stimulation of desires and how it effects our view upon bodies in general. Pleasure is a must.
to come is Mette Ingvartsen’s third group work and was developed together with the performers. Working on notions of pleasure and desire, they question how bodies perform as part of a group, as part of an intimate relation, or as the part of being individual. When is the body in a state/space where it is governed by its desires and what kind of social situations contain such governing? It is a rethinking of how bodies can connect and reconnect so that new forms of enjoyment can arise. to come proposes an excessive body of pleasure, an overexcitement of speed and vibration produced by sensual figures. Colors and surfaces mix with a sensation of rhythmic pulsing.
Mette Ingvartsen 2005
Source: BIT Teatergarasjen, Oktoberdans 2006, from the programme of the performance. http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no/article/64
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Mette Ingvartsen | – Concept/Idea |
| Jennifer Defays | – Costume |
| Peter Lenaerts | – Sound design |
| Naiara Mendioroz Azkarate | – Co-creator |
| Manon Santkin | – Co-creator |
| Gabor Varga | – Co-creator |
| Jefta van Dinther | – Co-creator |
| Mette Ingvartsen | – Dancer |
| Naiara Mendioroz Azkarate | – Dancer |
| Manon Santkin | – Dancer |
| Gabor Varga | – Dancer |
| Jefta van Dinther | – Dancer |
| Peter Lenaerts | – Photo |
| Hanne Van Waeyenberge | – Production manager |
| Mette Ingvartsen | – Main producer |
| October 21, 2006 21:00 – BIT Teatergarasjen (Oktoberdans) | Show |
| Oktoberdans | October 21, 2006 |