Choreographic History

between two/
zwischen zwei

between two/zwischen zwei is an homage to the early work of Gertrud Bodenwieser within a musical landscape by Gustav Mahler. Choreography by Carol Brown. Performed by Delphine Gaborit and Leon Baugh of Mano Creates. With Lighting and Video Design by James Leadbitter.

Carol Brown writes:
"In making this duet I have sought to create a visceral link between the past and the present. As a process this has involved an immersion in the fragmentary traces of Bodenwieser's legacy through photographs, dancer's journals, film and corporeal knowledge. I passed on what I knew about the practices of Gertrud Bodenwieser and her involvement in the expressionist theatre of 1920s and 1930s Vienna to Leon and Delphine. In this way we have created a matrix of interconnections through which the ideas and dramaturgies of Bodenwieser have informed the present. Mahler has been an abiding companion on this journey of re-membering. Beyond this, Between Two/zwischen zwei is as much about what happened in the studio between us as what the vicissitudes of history have bequeathed."

Between Two
Photo credit: Bronia Housman.

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Choreographic History

between two/ zwischen zwei

between two/
zwischen zwei