CESC GELABERT / LYDIA AZZOPARDI

In Catalan, ZUMZUM is an onomatopoeic word describing the buzzing sound of a swarm of bees, or a crowd of people. The letter K is analogous to the candid persona, the walking man - the walking letter; a blade which cuts in all directions. It is a recognition of various significant XX century artists such as Kafka, Kandinsky, Klee, Kantor and others.

ZUMZUM•KA is a provocation of the imagination rather than a realist sentiment: it is a diaphanous piece which reduces the difference between dream and reality.
Gelabert, Amat and Comelade evoke a nostalgic domain in which dream figures unfold within a cold landscape.

A dark silhouette sits still on a trampoline, wearing a conical beak. A birdman staring out quietly, his reflections echo on the icy surface while he slowly observes and listens to the dream-skaters shaping their interrelated dialogue. The result is a reverie suspended somewhere between a melancholic world and an unsettled energy, setting the pace of the choreography toward a compulsive and vertiginous end.

“Gelabert shows a maturity in his choreographic language and a an intensity of inspiration that are really extraordinary”

La Repubblica

PRODUCTION DATES

Granada, Spain, Palacio Carlos V, Festival de Granada, 24 June 1998
Barcelona, Spain, Teatre Lliure, Festival Grec
24 – 26 July 1998
Edinburgh, UK, Edinburgh Festival
17 – 18 August 1998
Berlin, Germany, Hebbel-Theater, Internationales Tanzfest
22 – 24 August 1998
Taormina, Italy, Palazzo dei Congressi, Festival Internazionale Taormina Danza
7 – 8 November 1998