Like Nobody’s Business
Year:
2002
Credits :
performed by and created in collaboration with:
Nicolas Cantillon
Robert Dingemans
Gildas Diquero
Dennis Wagner
Music and Sound Design: Jeremy Cox
Set Design: Ed King
Lighting Design: Syd Funnell
Choreography & Direction: Maresa von Stockert
Funded by London Arts and the Bonnie Bird Fund.
Supported by LABAN and the Clore Studio, Royal Opera House, London.
Like Nobody’s Business is a physical and mental balancing act for four male dancers in an automated world of conveyor belts and mass production.
First performed at the Laban Centre, London and the Clore Studio Upstairs at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, in 2002.
Von Stockert was later commissioned by Phoenix Dance to evolve the piece for the repertory company. With the new title of Polystyrene Dreams, Phoenix Dance toured the work nationally and internationally in 2004.
Running time: 25 minutes