Anouk van Dijk choreographs

Wednesday night I went to see a dance performance by a choreographer from the Netherlands. It was intense and pretty interesting. The audience was seated in a very tight, small square, about ten people to a row, with barely space in the middle to dance. It made some people uncomfortable, to be put in such close quarters. The dance examined the relationship between performer and audience, often time it seemed the audience was the performer and the performer was watching us! Mid-way through the piece, the chairs were removed, and the dancers mingled with the (confused) crowd. I loved it. Here's an excerpt:




And here is the rest of it.