Sutra Section 2

Question 1

What is Section 2 called?

Answer 1

Pond

Question 2

What is the aural setting like?

Answer 2

• Melancholy violin
• Monks movements do not directly correlate, but there is a mutually coexistence relationship

Question 3

What are the relationships of the dancers in this section?

Answer 3

• Cherkaoui observes the 1st Monks solo, completely static and still. Suggests the theme of his personal journey, how he learnt from the monks by watching and analysing their movement. Stays clear by travelling around the boxes.
• 3 Monks total: first Monk controlled by Larbi + the staff, last Monk has staff taken away from him at the end.
• Monks have a barrier between them created by the staff: no contact between them.

Question 4

What is the lighting like?

Answer 4

• Dimly lit musicians; can see their silhouette
• White wash, brighter than last section
• No Spotlight

Question 5

What is the box design?

Answer 5

• 20 wooden boxes, same formation as S1
• Boxes face with their open side upwards
• Whatever happens with the small boxes the big boxes copy: action reaction

Question 6

What is costume like in this section?

Answer 6

No change

Question 7

Props used?

Answer 7

Gunshu staff

Question 8

What is included in the movement content?

Answer 8

• Drunken Fist Kung Fu (style)
• Tanztheatre : acting drunk
• The drinking action through the hand gestures from the monks, the drinking gesture ripples through their body, circular movements
• Wobbly movements
• Repetitive movements
• Beginning and end of section, Larbi controls the Monk again through the staff (cyclical)
• Lurching actions, heavy laboured movement
• Active instead of passive movement
• Indirect pathways mixed
• Explosive sharp and sudden movements
• Monks confined to the space on top of the boxes where they’ve been pulled up from