"Captivating, mystical, fierce." - SMR Culture Plus, Montreal
Inspired by research into the neuroscience of sleep and the anthropology
of dreams, The Knocking Within weaves a portrait of two lovers and the
nightmares that plague them, unveiling their insecurities, their fears
and the violence that lies just beneath the surface.
A one-hour
dance-theater work with movement vocabulary drawn from Capoeira,
Kalaripayattu, Bharata Natyam, West African dance, and a wide range of
Contemporary dance forms, The Knocking Within calls into question the
lines we draw between art forms, between cultures, even between
methodologies. This work combines a dizzying array of movement
vocabulary, woven together into a new language of the body.
With text
in English, Hindi and American Sign Language, The Knocking Within draws
on Shakespeare's Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Twelfth Night and Titus
Andronicus to effect a re-staging of theater, taking it decidedly into
the realm of visual communication.
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