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Experimental dance crosses the line between artful and silly
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Darebin Arts Speakeasy, Northcote, until April 24
Alisdair Macindoeâs latest creation, a higgledy-piggledy mix of low-key dancing and absurdist sketch comedy, is ostensibly about how dance is made. But it comes across less like artful self-analysis and more like silly winking and nudging.
Dancers in Reference Material.
Credit:Gregory Lorenzutti
Macindoe shows us the steps and phrases while also verbalising the thoughts and intentions of choreographers and dancers.
This strange, slight piece starts with Harrison Ritchie-Jones and Rachel Coulson moving smoothly and unhurriedly across the stage, arms conjuring suggestive shapes and patterns.