Making People Dance, Making the Stairs Dance, Making the Space Dance──Review of "6steps｜6 Stairs + Choreography Book + Performance Born from Dance 'LIFT'" (Crit: Shirao Mei)
Dance researcher Shirao Mei reviews the new work 'LIFT' by the dance project '6steps', which explores the potential of dance using stairs as a medium.Summary
Dance researcher Shirao Mei reviews the new work 'LIFT' by the dance project '6steps', which explores the potential of dance using stairs as a medium. The work, conceived by choreographer Rina Kimura and directed by director Riku Yamakawa, was performed at three different sets of stairs within the Yokohama Citizens Gallery Azamino. The review discusses the significance of '6steps' as an experiment that alters the audience's gaze and movement through the object of the stairs, questioning the class distinctions and privileged viewpoints of traditional theater spaces. Specifically, the lack of landings on the stairs imposes constraints on the dancer's movements, and the structure where the audience confronts the environment creates an atmosphere where dance seems to emerge from a space scattered with fragments of movement.
(Source：Tokyo Art Beat)