Metzer/Zimmermann/dePerrot
Switzerland
Gopf
Robin Dance Theatre at The Place
www.theplace.org.uk
Fri 10-Sun 12 Jan (Fri/Sat 8pm, Sun 6pm)
£5 Apex/ £7 Concs./ £10 Advance/ £12 Standard/ £15 Super
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Opening the 2003 Festival, three dynamic Swiss performers catch the spirit of the moment with this unique and stylish mix of circus, dance and club music. In a stunning decor of Bauhaus simplicity, a series of hinged doors transform into a labyrinth of different rooms and spaces, conjuring a sliding jigsaw show of surreal, segemented images. Inhabiting this Kafkaesque, architectural fantasy, two engaging characters try to co-exist. Perched high above them, a deejay with six turntables spins and mixes, controlling events like a puppet master.

The performers are Martin Zimmermann from the French National Circus School and Josef Nadj's Cri du Cameleon company, former Bejart Ballet principal, Gregor Metzger, and club deejay/composer, Dimitri de Perrot. Witty, sharp and entertaining, Gopf integrates diverse techniques and aesthetics from the performers three different worlds, to create an imaginative, new performance language.

'An absolute must see!' Liberation

Runs approx 60 mins without interval.

Performances sponsored by SWX Swiss Exchange and supported by Pro-Helvetia and the Swiss Embassy, London