Zero Degrees

Annotations:

• neutral sidi navy khan - brown

1. Passport
2. Dual nationality
3. dummies are used to represent both larbi and khan

   Annotations:

   • larbi pointing - 'thats me'

1. Between Cultures

   Annotations:

   • akram bangladeshi british larbi flemish and moroccan strip of light - inbetween
2. Life and Death

   Annotations:

   • dummies on different levels being pulled khan in the middle (no zone) with larbis lament - mourning atmosphere convulsing personifies his struggle to deal with the death

Annotations:

• reflected in the use of the dummies and the shadows on the white cyclorama... whirling devils turns talking at the beginning dummies Text on the train where Larbi becomes the chair

1. SECTION 1 (prologue) speech tells narrative

1. on a train

   Annotations:

   • box steps swinging arems seen in sacred monsters (2006)

Annotations:

• khan has history of collaborations

1. Attack and Block
2. bouncy ball
3. shadow section

   Annotations:

   • Sufi turnsfluidity rollsshows mutation and duality
4. arms in section 2

1. extreme flexibity

   Annotations:

   • larbi solo- rolls using hyperflexible spine keeping head in same space bouncy ball - rebounding - falls into splits - hamstring- uncomfortable to watch attack and block - walk over flexibility in his spine
2. fluidity

   Annotations:

   • section 2 - arms (experimental) attack and block - continuous flow of movment bouncy ball - continuous movement - rebound effect solo - moving his feet around his head into a bridge and walks forward - contortionism - doesnt hit one movement
3. Eclectic fusion of styles
   1. yoga

      Annotations:

      • solo bouncing ball head stands and balances
   2. martail arts

      Annotations:

      • attack and block
   3. hiphop

      Annotations:

      • freezes on his head in his solo
   4. contemporary

      Annotations:

      • arms section shadow section - post modern influence - experimental
   5. ballet

      Annotations:

      • bouree on point in solo
4. Collaborations
   1. nitin sawhney
   2. Antony Gormley
   3. Eastman
   4. Cedar lake
   5. Les Ballet C de la B
   6. Patrizia Bovi
   7. dutch National Ballet
   8. Osamu Tezuka
   9. Shantala Shivalingappa
   10. Akram Khan
   11. Damien Jalet
   12. Shaolin Monks
5. Experimental Choreography

   Annotations:

   • monks arms section - Zero Degrees orbo novo alphabet quote faun dancers contibute to process
   1. improvisation

      Annotations:

      • Don Don - young monks playing with set faun
6. accompaniment
   1. music before movement
   2. polyphonic singing
   3. not using popular music
7. physical setting

1. extreme speed
2. fusion of kathak and contemporary
3. Kathak

   Annotations:

   • Sufi turns - fast spins mudra - slicing arm gestures 
4. speech/dialogue
5. juxstaposition of simplicity and complexity
6. contact improvisation
7. Collaborations
   1. Nitin Sawhney
   2. Sidi Larbi
   3. Antony Gormley
   4. sylvie guillen
   5. Juliet Binoche
8. Accompaniment
   1. audible
   2. live accompaniment
   3. text