BoánDanz Action
False Testimony, Fri.-Sat., Nov. 3-4, 8 p.m., $20, Painted Bride Art Center.
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Marianela Boán traveled from her native Cuba to reside in Philadelphia, where she now teaches Temple students her personal "contaminated dance" method. Not to be confused with dirty dancing, Boán has said the style is so named because it's impure, in the sense that many elements within her work carry equal weight.
With False Testimony, performed by BoánDanz Action at the Painted Bride, those elements include two dancers, a videographer and a musician. All operate in tandem, so that it's never clear who's in control. Do the dancers follow the music, or vice versa?
Boxes that also serve as video screens add another dimension as you watch live dancers and overlapping CGI bodies move. Roles blend and boundaries dissolve until it becomes difficult to discern what's real and what's virtual. The idea is to explore issues of privacy, surveillance and "the feeling of always being checked." If you're into mind trips, then check it out.
False Testimony, Fri.-Sat., Nov. 3-4, 8 p.m., $20, Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St., 215-925-9914, www.paintedbride.org.
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