Mar 192009
When is it appropriate for a buff able-bodied guy to toss around a guy with cerebral palsy like he’s a department-store mannequin? When they’re both part of Gimp, a dance company that features performers with and without disabilities. The linked video shows the dancer with CP repeating some of reactions he gets from audience members. My favorite: “I thought this would be weird. I thought you would be weird.”
You know, I weigh a lot less than that guy in the video. I’m imagining an avant-garde piece where a few dancers toss my crippled ass around in a game of human hot potato. The big finale would be me thrown into the audience for some crowd-surfing to a soundtrack of old-school kraut rock. This has “NEA grant” written all over it.
very cool!
What struck and moved me most in this video is the text on the female dancer’s T shirt:
“Art is a guarantee of sanity.”
Wow. The cartoon bubbles that this post evokes are nothing short of spectacular.