Look at Them Now!

Concept/performance: Alexander Deutinger & Marta Navaridas
Coaching: Irene Schaltegger
Text: Jorgen Leth, Alex Deutinger
Music: Lee Hazelwood, Vincent Gallo
Sound: Christina Lederhaas

Look at them now! faces and negotiates the absurdity of watching and being watched, crossing borders between going to the zoo and going to a performance. The work is inspired by the 1967 experimental short film The Perfect Human by Jorgen Leth, in which the protagonists perform simple actions, while the director's voice comments from the OFF on what the actors are doing. The combination of action and commentary provokes a reconsideration of what is observed.

Marta Navaridas (Spain/Austria) studied at ArtEZ College of Art Arnhem and at AHK Theaterschool Amsterdam. She is co-founder of the international collective FINGERSIX. Since 2006, she has been working as a dancer and choreographer with Montse Roig (E), Sarah Vanhee (NL), Dani Brown (USA/D), and Sofia Mavragani (GR), among others. Her choreographic works have been presented at festivals and venues in Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, Slovenia, and Spain. She received the DanceWeb-Europe Scholarship 2010.

Alexander Deutinger (Austria) studied at the Anton Bruckner University in Linz, Austria. He was artist-in-residence at ImPulsTanz, at CCL Linz, at D.ID Dance-Identity, among others. He has been working with Helena Golab (PL), Rose Breuss (A), Oleg Soulimenko (RUS/A), Dani Brown (USA/D), Sofia Mavragani (GR), and Marta Navaridas (E/A). He has performed at Tanzquartier Wien, Escena Contemporanea Madrid, in the framework of Linz 09, at Bregenzer Festspiele, and at Kampnagel Hamburg. He founded the performance group Unicorn and received the DanceWeb-Europe Scholarship 2007.