Art thrills! We went to see My Fierce Ignorant Step by The Lion and The Wolf dance company, with #ChristosPapadopoulos choreographing. It was sixty minutes of walking in formation, mostly in unison. A minimalist and conceptual style of choreography that sounds like it should be pretty dry and challenging. But! It was riveting! One of the rare nights at the ballet where someone in the audience whooped during the performance.
So like, I enjoy minimalist contemporary dance. One time I went to see a performance that was about 20 minutes of a dancer standing in one spot with her hands over her eyes and it was great. (Someone from La La La Human Steps if I recall.)
But this was a *lot* more accessible than that, and it was very cool to see such a restricted type of choreography (just walking!) rock the house.
It's sixty minutes of contemporary dance walking so it's odd and creative to start with, but I think the real thrill is in how it changes. In the beginning, the movements are small, contrived, repetitive, and mostly the same between the dancers. As they continue walking, their movements get progressively more expressive and fluid and personally differentiated, while still being strongly in unison. Their walking formation starts to expand and contract, and dancers shift positions like a flock of birds.
What a good moment to see art that demonstrates belonging and unity without conformity, right? What a good moment to watch an exploration of the wild possibilities that emerge from practicing together.
Nov 8, 2026, 5:13 AMThank you for this beautiful review!