Two middle-aged men on an empty stage. One of them, Jonathan Burrows is a dancer, the other, Matteo Fargion, a composer. They begin a dialogue of short words that gradually becomes music and the music suddenly evokes dance movements. Their work, that built up with great sensitivity and executed with perfect precision, is a gentle exploration into how the relationship between music and dance is perceived. It combines a variety of movement art, music and verbal means with amazing virtuosity and in a highly entertaining way, offering imaginative answers to the question: what is dance? And the music.
“If Einstein ever pondered on dance, the dance in question would have looked something like the work of Jonathan Burrows” – wrote the The Guardian’s dance critic. Jonathan Burrows, who began his performing career in the Royal Ballet in London and had worked with Sylvie Guillem and William Forsythe, currently teaches in the PARTS school headed by Anne Theresa De Keersmaeker.