In the majority of the scenes they sit in a box, wondering....?
It is something very familiar to us. Since we are dancers, it is
expected that we do not just sit around. Indeed, we are extremely
occupied. With waiting...and listening attentively...with big ears
into the universe or into the world; or even eavesdropping at a
neighbour's door. Out of thin air he { with pointed fingers reaches
through the keyhole, ties a knot in your neck and fights with you.
It's all about
temptation, twisting and turning.
Hands appear
on their own until late into the night.
Press reviews of 'The Temptation':
" The Temptation...nimble
and with precision of expression down to the smallest detail of
the movement. Crouched down dwarf-like or stretched up they show
masterly grotesque and touching, evil and bright images of goings-on
in a group of people."
Richard
Merz, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Switzerland, 12th May 2000
"A small treasure....a maddening play by five dwarf-like, incredibly
agile figures. Structured with a lot of suspense, a theatrical visual
impact is created and presented with wonderful precision."
Ursula
Pellaton, Zürichsee-Zeitung, Switzerland, 12th May 2000
" Distorted to become grotesque by even more sophisticated
movement technique: The Temptation: grey-black caricatures surround
curves with angular distortions and worn-out items of familiar strangeness.
Disturbingly seductive. "Movement theatre" in another
somewhat Russian, and not least acrobatic, manner...."
Eveline
Koberg, Neue Zeit, Graz, Austria, 18th July 2000
".....The Lausanne public has been familiar with Drift for
a long time, but one did not yet regard them as being so terribly
original...It's above all the excellent second piece, The Temptation.
It's all about the rituals of sects, who from the beginning to the
end, dance on their knees. Extra-terrestrial monks with red feet
and very magisterial ears evoke a kind of biblical authority and,
in front of the stalls, give themselves up to a jumbled mixture
of burlesque with enough satirical spirit to intrigue every sort
of audience..."
Patrice
Lefrançois, Les 24 Heures, Lausanne, Switzerland, 9th October
2000
