Clowns

“My first expierence of Clowns was as an audience member, seeing the work performed by Hofesh’s company in 2021.
I felt completely fascinated by the distinct physicality, free flowing yet contained and articulate. A language so generous in its humanity that you could forget the dancers were charged by anything other than thought.

Now performing the work, I feel my wonder may not have been so far off. Although we tune our bodies to navigate this specific world, our imagination and clarity of intent are the driving force.

It has been confronting in moments to distill each feeling, repeating lethal actions in as much detail as we dare to imagine, in an effort to find the sensation of violence with 100% belief and commitment while understanding that we are performing the clown performing the violence. A sort of inception of entertainment.

The piece asks us to insist upon each point we make, to be relentless in our pursuit of provoking a response. This is both an intention and a physicality, where we continue to tumble and reignite through the effort.
In moments it feels ambiguous if we are the puppets or the puppeteers? Is it really all just in good fun?

In performing Clowns I enjoy this cathartic relent and the need for surrender and commitment.
I let my mind flood with images and try to wire my senses to my own body, the music and the group around me sharing the experience.”