Of Busy Bodies Speaking in Tongues

Contemporary dance can leave us feeling we’ve missed the memo. Everyone else appears deeply moved; we’re still wondering why the chair was there. Vicki Van Hout and Raghav Handa take “I didn’t understand it” as an opening gambit, inviting gut reactions, confusion, delight and discomfort into the conversation. 

With sharp wit and a healthy suspicion of definitive answers, they ask what happens when we stop searching for the correct interpretation and begin speaking about what a work actually does to us. What unsettles us? What stays lodged in the body? And what might dance reveal about a future for which none of us has learnt the steps?