Máté Mészáros: Mechanics of Distance

This piece for three different trained dancers – they come from backgrounds in classical ballet, folk dance and contemporary dance – has been performed several times since its 2019 premiere, but it is always different since it is always adapted to the specific the space provided. Mechanics of Distance is about positioning static and moving bodies, the dancers all interfering with one another’ s personal space, cramming matching and mismatched systems into them and examining the distance between the bodies; the choreography aims to ask how far the limits of dance can be extended, what potential there is in an open space waiting to be explored.

This piece is part of the Frontiers dance programme. There’s a performative version of the choreography, with participants following the moves and experimenting with the space taken by bodies, on 15 December at 3pm.