Man Power Mix
Jan 2015
MAN POWER MIX is a dance art piece that puts sensational matter at the fore. Experimenting with the poetics of erotics through their rupturing man performance, STEVE & SAM engage with soft and hard materials, labor- intensive tasks and methods of vibrant transmission. They touch and transform the matter around them taking you through a series of sensuous and embodied events.
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“Refreshing play on maleness, femininity and other unshakeable ideas. Sheena McGrandles & Zinzi Buchanan step into the shoes of Sam & Steve, an alpha-male performance duo. Their androgynous appearance sets up a pleasant ripple through the audience’s customary ways of looking and thinking. In their home-made free space, they take on one another and their environment – by turns sober and practical or buzzing with erotic tension or machismo. Light and dark, hard and soft, male and female; every time you think you have pinned down what you are seeing, the performers give an expert twist that again skews the image. A pleasantly confusing experience for the mind and the senses.” (Something Raw Festival, Frascati Theatre Amsterdam, 2016)
Credits
Concept Sheena McGrandles & Zinzi BuchananPerformance, Stage and Costume Design Steve & Sam
Sound Luke Thornton with samples by Steve & Sam
Consultation Stage and Costume Design Michiel Keuper
Outside Eye Maria Francesca Scaroni, Anna Mülter
Supported by Tanztage Berlin Sophiensaele, Goethe Institute Germany
Performed at Something Raw Festival, Amsterdam, Dock 11 Berlin, Sophiensaele Berlin, Bristol Biennale, UK, Museo Del Chopo, Mexico City
Photos ©Gerhard F. Ludwig









