Wednesday 6 May 2009

APHASIADISIAC event festival


yes, I got to the event last night and discovered it was for tomorrow (i.e. now) -- the body clock gets upset by fake Bank Holidays -- at least it was not the day before --
anyway, it was what is said on the tin: modern ballet with knobs-no, or rather with rubber bricks (two lovers get walled in and out)..........
I was looking forward to seeing how the fractured speech patterns that is aphasia would be symbolised in dance, given that the bit of the brain what gets mashed up effects both speech and mobility: would that be reflected in the dance?
a little bit -- there were occasional references to "no-yes" and other wrong words experiences (the coat put on backwards...) -- otherwise, it traded on the word "aphasia" rather than exploring the reality which is aphasia....

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