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Working for the first time with Sydney Dance Company on a new commission, renowned choreographer Meryl Tankard has produced a powerful work, Inuk 2.
Inuk 2 just premiered at the Theatre Royal in Sydney on Saturday March 29th and will tour to Melbourne and Canberra until the end of May.
A tribal dance for the 21st Century, Inuk 2 is a virtual journey through the present: albeit through states of mind and attitudes of the soul, rather than through climactic zones, arriving at a stopover place on one’s journey through the world and its inhabitants.
‘Inuk’ is a word from the Inuit language meaning ‘human being’. For Meryl Tankard, the word becomes a representation of the modern nomadic traveller, transported by aeroplane from one country to another within hours, the body already in Europe, with the mind still in Australia.
It is a work of intense emotions and physicality, driven by the insistent and hypnotic voices of rhythmic chants – a virtual soundtrack of the human voice drawn from Inuit, Tuvan, Finnish, Portugese voices and Meredith Monk.
At times a wild and exhilarating ride, Inuk 2 lives off the joy of dance which is laden with energy. Sydney Dance Company’s dancers have brought an unflagging enthusiasm to the process of creation in order to meet the challenges of Meryl Tankard’s artfully constructed and yet elementary dynamism.
Meryl Tankard is recognised internationally for the originality of her work and for the creation of a dance aesthetic all her own. During her years with Australian Dance Theatre she created a dynamic versatile company, placing Meryl Tankard’s work in great demand in Europe and North America. Meryl has |
