Performance, Dance, Theater, Theater

Raul Maia und Thomas Steyaert: The ballet of Paul Ace and Sunny Lovin

Paul and Sunny perform a series of actions according to a predescribed order.

A physical dialogue through

The Ballet of Paul Ace and Sunny Lovin is the 3^rd stage work by Raul Maia and Thomas Steyaert. As in all of their previous works, non-representational physical communication plays an essential role in the performance. Their artistic practice aims to develop forms of physical behaviour without the use of recognisable gestures.

The 3^rd work in the series introduces objects as mediums that mediate the communication and become animate as a result of the physical dialogue. Maia and Steyaert perform their dialogues within static and restricted physical configurations. Each configuration seems to impose a new form of language. The sum of these different physical languages outlines an absurd and puzzling experience.