Maresa von Stockert is fascinated by props and how the mechanics of the body influence human behaviour. These twin preoccupations infiltrate every aspect of the German-born choreographer’s latest piece of dance-theatre for her Tilted Productions.
The performance is both satirical and cautionary in tone. The actual rendition of the title is TrAPPED, a signal that Von Stockert’s dual subjects are social imprisonment and wire-tapping as practised, it is clearly implied, by the Stasi of East Germany. Of course, the reach of her socio-political observations is applicable to a wider world, including contemporary surveillance culture. The bigger issue is what new insights does this precisely crafted but sometimes sluggishly paced work bring to our understanding of such invasive situations?
Two large metal cages on wheels