ALLOUAQUI DANCE THEATRE & POLLY FRANKS
A WRITER, A TYPEWRITER AND THE MATTER OF LOVE
A collaborative choreographic exploration with Polly Franks into the connections between the concept of love and the absurd. Inspired by a variety of literary and philosophical texts on love, Ronald Barthes’ A Lover’s Discourse and Jason Silva’s video series Shots of Awe, A Writer, a Typewriter and the Matter of Love plays with, exposes and satirizes the feelings of the lovers and the beloved.
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On stage, a struggling writer dedicated to finishing writing a book on love seeks inspiration in the memories of his past lovers, who come to life to remind him all these moments he succeeded and failed in love.
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'I have no idea what love is. I have certainly experienced it and luckily more than once, but I just can not explain what it is. Isn’t that the first thing that makes love absurd?' – The Writer.
PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES
Harbourside Festival, Bristol. Jul 2016
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Bath Spa University. May 2016
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Bath Spa University. Mar 2016
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