Josse Vessies - Extra Physical
Ballet
In Extra Physical, three dancers perform an ethereal ode to the out-of-body. They challenge the prevailing worldview in which logic displaces other forms of “knowing”.Moving between states of ecstasy and scepticism, their bodies take over. They defy gravity with floating inflatable objects and intense choreography. Falling and floating, the dancers throw themselves between heaven and earth in tableaus that feel like a kind of neo-punk renaissance art: otherworldly bodies with a rebellious disposition.
An ecstatic ode to the out-of-body
Some swear off the scientific, while for others there must be “more” between heaven and earth. A colourful world of abstract forms lies hidden behind our reality. Josse wants to show us that we can trust the strange feelings in and around our bodies. In our hearts and heads, we live between dream world and rationality. Celebrate this colourful ability!
Extra Physical is a performance about the inevitable, “out-of-body”. About how indescribable experiences, ecstasies and trips help shape our worldview. And that sometimes it is important to dream in utopias and drown in invisible energy fields.
Does it only happen in our brains? Or do we possess “supernatural” gifts and perhaps we are more than our bodies after all. Are we extra-physical?