Extra Dry

In the energetic dance performance Extra Dry a dancer is joined by his double. His universe is invaded; the two bodies cross invisible boundaries, moving from the explosive to the exploratory in the search for oneness. The perfectly controlling mind, subjecting the body to the will of the dancer is confronted by the body's resistance to obey.

Fra Cervello e Movimento
Extra Dry is the third of a series called Fra Cervello e Movimento. Fra Cervello e Movimento is a set of three performances - Bianco, Rosso, Extra Dry that investigate the dyad brain (cervello) and movement (movimento); a mind that wishes to control and a body that is curious for new sensations. The motive is the interest towards the reactions that inner impulses impose on the body. How can the body surpass its limitations? How open can it be in its responses and what kind of transformations can it take on?

Production - Emio Greco | PC Co-production - Kaaitheater, Brussels (B); Tanzwerkstatt, Berlin (D); Klapstuk Festival, Leuven (B); Springdance, Utrecht (NL)

"An extraordinary exercise in stamina, control and concentration, Extra Dry created a primal force field around itself. Its two dancers, who moved in hypnotic synchrony, yet rarely touched, reacted to each other and to an imaginary environment as if their nerve ending were on the surface of their skin. Every twitch, every repetitive skittering frenzy, every sustained but highly alert stillness was filled with potent meaning and expectation."
Hedy Weiss - Chicago Sun

"It is impossible not to be inspired by the Nietzschean attraction of Greco’s proposition, which has been the focus of attention of critics and philosophers in Europe for some time now. He is considered among the few dance artists who are changing the perception of dance composition. Not a single moment does he succumb to easy sensation in his equally passionate and skilful investigation: he respects only the rules of inherent conviction. Conscious that the gap between brains and movement, i.e. between choreography and dance – there where the tumult of the intestines and the insane yearning of the muscles originate – cannot be bridged, Greco is the embodiment of a tenacious metaphysical drive to transcend the boundaries of one’s own flesh." Marinella Guatterini

In 2001 Emio Greco | PC collaborated with Flemish philosopher Antoon Van den Braembussche to produce the essay It's life Jim, but not as we know it, in which he examines the various motifs and motivations of the trilogy Fra Cervello e Movimento. For more information about this book, you can click here.