An avant-garde trio based heavily on the works of Miro — taking the everyday object and transforming it into its simplest of forms. This weird and provocative work undulates and skims across a confined space with the dancers attempting to establish communication by transferring information between each other. Following in Miro’s inspiration, the every day rehearsal process is manipulated.
The trio Plastic Language is the most eloquent and playful work. At its center is a lovely duet, performed by Janczewski and Stephen Schroeder, with gentle curving lifts, sinuous lines and weighted interactions on the ground. With the addition of Amy Behm the work has gentle, light-hearted spirit as the dancers jump on and off chairs, show off little forward kicks, and move with off-kilter looseness and rigid articulation.
The dancers make such work appear effortless. And the choreography is brimming with details — a shoulder circle that spirals down an arm, sudden hip swivels, long swinging legs, rocking walks — that merged into fascinating movement phrases.