The choreography of space

“A project about architecture in movement” is how Neven Sidor describes a recent work by the Grimshaw studio, carried out in collaboration with Green Bean Dance and the London Contemporary Dance School at The Place and developed for the London Architecture Festival.

It is a choreographic structure for three site-specific dance performances, conceived for three urban spaces in London and entitled Embodied Energy. “The work,” continues Sidor, who is responsible for the project, “has offered the opportunity for an exploration of architectural space on a human scale.” A set of graphic triangles, a highly emblematic shape, forms the basis of a structure that can be folded and manipulated by the dancers like Japanese origami. The study of materials was another essential aspect of the project. “We wanted to use an organic material that was completely recyclable,” commented Sidor, “In some early ambitious experiments we tried to grow plants in the studio: bamboo, willow and pampas grass. But the results weren’t very good.” In the end, a light but resistant hollow panel in recycled paper was used, produced in the UK by Dufaylite. Elena Sommariva

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The choreography of space

“A project about architecture in movement” is how Neven Sidor describes a recent work by the Grimshaw studio, carried out in collaboration with Green Bean Dance and the London Contemporary Dance School at The Place and developed for the London Architecture Festival.

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