Dust

A wall is an architecture of exclusion, division, restriction and segregation, and it is the stage setting that the contemporary dance by Dancenorth opens with. A monolithic wedge-shaped wall slices the stage in two, creating a barrier between the seven dancers – one to house left, and six to house right. The wall not only divides the dancers, but it partially and sometimes wholly obscures the audience’s view, manipulating their perspective depending on where audience members sit in the theatre. But is an adjustable installation. Over the course of the performance it is deconstructed into components that are arranged and rearranged to create different spatial formations. With these new and evolving foundations, the divisive architecture of the wall is transformed into one of equality, inclusion and opportunity.