Extremalism - The body in revolt – Le corps en révolte

Dance performance Extremalism by Emio Greco | P.C. Scholten, ICKamsterdam and Ballet National de Marseille, world premiere at Holland Festival 2015.
How does a body cope with an extreme situation? How does it survive in a very minimal setting? After twenty years at the top of the international dance world, the choreographer duo Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten still have their sights set firmly on new challenges. In Extremalism they introduce two motives: the body in revolt and the body of the ballet. The movement idiom which they have developed for Emio Greco’s classically trained body over the past twenty years, will now be transferred onto the large group of dancers from the Ballet National de Marseille and ICKamsterdam. Thirty bodies reflecting on today’s big issues. Extremalism is a major European collaboration between two dance companies, the French Ballet National de Marseille and ICKamsterdam, the platform for contemporary dance in the Netherlands. Both companies are led by Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten. Extremalism will have a double premiere: after the Holland Festival, the production will open Montpellier Danse.