IMPACT Mehmet Sander (TR)

A new piece of high-impact choreography in the former metal works @AE Harris, devised with local participants. ‘The subjects of each dance are the movements themselves. Dance is to be performed and perceived primarily on a physical level. Accordingly, risk taking is an essential factor when performing a task in order to defy the audience’s analyzing process. . . Physics is used to create locomotion through invisible forces such as impact, rebound, inertia, velocity and ricochet. Correspondingly, movement systems are developed without the use of the bottom of the feet, i.e. popping, splatting, thumping.’ These words from Mehmet Sander’s manifesto written over 20 years ago and rigorously adhered to today give a taster of what to expect. Mehmet Sander currently lives in Turkey. He started dancing with Geyvan Mcmillen in Istanbul continuing his dance education at the London Contemporary Dance School, California State University (Long Beach), Harvard University and American Dance Festival. He is inspired by the postmodern architecture of Louis Kahn, painters such as Mondrian, Kandinsky and composers like John Cage. In 1990 founded the Mehmet Sander Dance Company and in the 90s was awarded the Long Beach Public Arts Fund Artist′s Award and the Lester Horton Dance Award. http://mehmetsander.blogspot.com/2010/03/manifesto-on-dance-by-mehmet-sander.html bit.ly/mehmetsander Presented by Fierce Festival and the Live Art Development Agency. Supported by Stan’s Cafe.