Space. Dance. Love.

久しぶりにシアタープロジェクトにダンスを見にいく。空間を多彩に使ったパフォーマンスと聞き、少し期待して行った。７時半から１０時半の間のいつ来てもいいという設定だったので、８時半頃着く。確かに空間は変わっていた。そして、ダンサー達は一生懸命にやっていた。ライブ音も悪くなかったし、照明や衣装もちょっとちゃんとしていた。だが、何かが起こっていたのか？うーん。やはり印象としては、いま一つ意図が掴みかねたというのが、正直な感想である。どうしてなのか？いろいろ理由はあると思うが、「筋肉と感情で押す」ダンスに魅力が感じられないのがまずひとつ。そして、空間は変えているが、がんばり過ぎていて、空間への愛が感じられない点である。ダンサー自身の踊りと私はどう関係しているのかもわからなかった。どうして私がそこにいなければいけないのか？見たことで何を感じているのか？疑問はつきない。 I visited Theatre Project after a long absence. I have been hearing about this site-specific performance  and have been curious about it for a while now. Since the performance was set up in a way that the audience can come and go anytime between 7:30 and 10:30pm, I arrived at around 8:30pm. They surely changed the space. The art gallery was turned into a dance space. They built a platform inside the audience and placed chairs on the stage, etc. Dancers were committed fully to venture into this experimental 3-hour marathon. Live music played at different spots in the house was decent and fit the movements. Lighting and costumes also supported the dance, it seemed. But I wonder...was there something happening? Not sure. My honest impression was that I had difficulty understanding their intension. Why is that? There are several different reasons for that. One of them surely is my lack of interest in the 'muscle and emotion' dance. Another reason is about the space. The space was transformed, but it seemed like 'transformed'. The space didn't transform, but was transformed. There was much 'doing' and I was having a hard time feeling the love for space. I was also not sure what I have to do with the dance that was happening in front of me. Why did I have to be there to witness it? What am I feeling while watching it or after I watched it? My inquiries continue...