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Blush, the movie
For Wim Vandekeybus filming his performances is very obvious: their creation comes about through a very visual, filmic imagination. Following the dance video 'In Spite of Wishing and Wanting' (2002), a film adaptation of the performance 'Blush' has been released in January 2005. (See trailer)
Already in the performance itself the two media are woven; the dance and text form a complex story that can only be made stronger through the eye of the camera and a rhythmic editing (which is totally different from structuring a performance). The music of David Eugene Edwards will render a sultry, lyrical or dark, threatening atmosphere.
Blush is a performance with a very emotional construction; there is very direct language, next to raw and harsh poetry, written by Peter Verhelst. Extremes are being put to the test; ugliness next to beauty (although these are very subjective notions), liberation next to captivity. Extremes which create emotions.
In the stage performance dancers literally dive into the screen to appear on film in another location. Thus they dive into a paradisiacal underwater world where they swim with dolphins, to then jump out of the screen to dance again on stage. Or they crawl among projected reeds to hide.
At one point the paradisiacal aspect of water becomes a dark, harsh underworld where hundreds of bodies crawl like worms over each other, where frogs are swallowed and then crawl gracefully out of the mouths of sleeping bodies. The most fantastic dreams change into the most terrifying nightmares, yet they share a kind of beauty.
All this directly influences the quest of the performers, who must seek their fragility and weakness in order to perform the varied scenes. Their emotions and expressions become the arguments to adapt the whole performance, to bring it to other locations and to be filmed.
Technical Specifications: Credits: For more information, visit the Ultima Vez website.
   
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