BDSM, homosexual murder and necrophilia might not seem to be the most promising subjects for a dance/theatre production, but in "Dead Dreams of Monochrome Men" the excellent DV8 troupe has produced a taut and powerful work which explores these subjects. The starting point is Brian Masters' remarkable book about gay serial killer Dennis Nilsen, "Killing For Company". This is not an explicit narrative - DV8 rightly identifies itself as 'physical theatre', and "Dead Dreams" has found a movement language that explores and exposes a sequence of extreme emotional states. It is a special distinction of this production that the links between the 'ordinary' of brief sexual encounters, and the 'extraordinary' of necrophilia — that ultimate unreason in any relationship — are only subtly suggested. This is a 50 minute, made for TV, filmed version of what was an 80 minute stage production. There is very little dialogue, but what there is is in English with hardcoded French subtitles. The four guys who perform it are all extraordinarily fit - in every sense of the word.
youran 发表于 2011-9-1 02:43