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massage & bodyworkon the shores of Asia, or in the Edgeware Road
choreography: Sue Hawksley with the dancers
music: Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music
performed by 2nd year BPA students, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds
Riley Theatre, Leeds, April 2003
"When there is distress
of nations and perplexity
Whether on the shores of Asia, or in the Edgeware Road.
Men's curiosity searches past and future
And clings to that dimension"
T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
Significant inspiration for the imagery and structure derives from the poems: the piece composes three
quartets, each exploring a different quality and dynamic of human interaction. In the fourth section of the work the three quartets are
re-performed together in the same space at the same time, with all the ensuing difficulties, conflicts and negotiations that this task presents.
The performance takes place within a square marked out on the stage which defines the frontiers and boundaries of the dancers' "territories".
The dancers contributed throughout the creative process. Chance procedures were applied to generate much of the movement vocabulary and structure.