World Dance Reviews
25.06.2008

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Aydin Teker's "aKabi" tested the physical abilities of a quartet of dancers wearing black shoes outfitted with enormous rubber soles. Before lights rose on them, only clunky thudding sounds were audible as the dancers rolled across the space in their cartoon shoes designed by Ahmet Inceel. The human form became suddenly altered with the addition of these quirky limb extensions as the dancers experimented with the limits of movement with and despite them. Like aliens experiencing gravity for the first time, the four awkwardly crept forward in a suspended walk to the low rumbling hum of a cello. At first careful not to fall off the platforms, they became more daring as the piece progressed, rolling over to the side of the shoes which alternately ressembled bricks and flippers. They used the found several contorted ways of putting weight on the shoes. In homage to the costumes, which were the stars of the piece, it was fittingly only the shoes that remained for a charming spin on the curtain call.

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