Dancers Luke Murphy and Leslie Kraus. Photo by Keira Heu-Jwyn Chang.
Drop Down is a 12-minute duet investigating how a man and a woman negotiate proximity and erotic power. The movement springs out of the mechanics of tango, with its revolving central axis, knife-like leg action and quick-changing rhythms.
Drop Down won top prize in New York's 2007 The A.W.A.R.D. Show, a series in which the audience votes on the best modern dance.
Whenever I re-set Drop Down, I spend time convincing dancers that less is more, that they don’t need to articulate with their faces or bodies an overt emotionalism, that the content is written into the form.
Exploring my fascination with the formal efficiency of tango
"...it was hard to blink while they commanded the stage.” - Allan Ulrich
Choreography: Kate Weare
Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Katie Down (original)
Costume Design: Astrud Angarita
Lighting Design: Brian Jones:
Originating Dancers: Adrian Clark, Leslie Kraus
Dancers Luke Murphy and Leslie Kraus. Photo by Keira Heu-Jwyn Chang.
