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"All Will Not Be Revealed"

A weekend of strong emotions, unique experiences and new found loves.

On the 30th of April, I was part of a performance at the Donaufestival, arranged as well as executed by Andreas Constantinou and Uniform (Wajid Yaseen and Alice Kemp). It's about time that I publicly write about it.

If you read the Viennese Metroblog, you may remember that Uniform was looking for dancers. Since I felt that their music is very head-based, with the tendency to crawl down to your guts, I though that the performance will be choreographed and rather sophisticated. A good reason to join for me…

The first performance-related question of our meeting was How comfortable are you with being naked? My answer, Fine.

The whole choreography was put together in two days with about 12 hours of rehearsals overall. We've used, but not strictly enforced, Butoh, a dancing style dealing with unconventional imagery. 8 of us were placed on platforms right in the middle of the crowd, the other two on stage. 3 of us were completely naked, one of them me, only protected by the white colour we were covered with from head to toe.

Andreas' and Wajid's vision was to play with power and sculptures – we built up both, to destroy them, break apart and bleed into the crowd to interact with them. The outcome was grotesque, at some points scary, powerful and filled with contrast.

That it worked so well still surprises me when I'm watching the tapes (thanks a lot to Christina, Karin and Stefan). And even though we hardly knew each other, there was a kind of familiarity in the group that I haven't come across before.

The experience and its intensity was unusual and extreme – not only for some of the performers and musicians, but also parts of the crowd struggled with what they've had been confronted with. For me personally, there was a lot I needed to work up afterwards.

But … all will not be revealed.

All photos by Clemens Lippl. Thank you.