museu da electricidade - central tejo | duration 45 min | tickets 10 € / 5 € 
tuesday _ 3 june 23h | wednesday _ 4 june 23h

Jonathan Burrows started his career as a soloist with the Royal Ballet in London but formed the Jonathan Burrows Group in 1988 to present his own work, gaining immediately an international reputation. In 2001 he presented Weak Dance Strong Questions, a collaboration with the Dutch theatre director Jan Ritsema.
Matteo Fargion was born in Milan and studied composition in South Africa and London. He met Jonathan Burrows in 1988, and has since written music for many of his pieces. Matteo has also written music for Schaubühne Berlin, TAT Frankfurt, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Thomas Ostermeier and Lynda Gaudreau.
In 2002, Jonathan and Matteo started working on a trilogy of duets, opening with Both Sitting Duet (2002) and The Quiet Dance (2005). Speaking Dance (2006) continues their gentle exploration into how the relationship between music and dance is percieved, and the fragile but permeable boundaries between the two worlds. Their performances are a formal but humourous meditation on the nature of communication, and the relationship between each other and with the audience. "Captivating, inscrutable, dazzling”, exclaimed The Daily Telegraph, “This is 50 minutes of highly intelligent fun”, added The Independent.

by and with jonathan burrows e matteo fargion | management nigel hinds |
co-production dance umbrella london | support arts council england, jonathan burrows group

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