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Discofoot Ballet de Lorraine

PETTER JACOBSSON & THOMAS CALEY 

DISCOFOOT

SEPTEMBER 28th
16:30 & 18:30

Get your funk on! Get down and boogie! Bust a groove! Shake your tail feather! Cut a rug! Get your freak on! Discofoot is an ass kickin, DJ spining, maybe even twerking free-styling battle, where footballs’ rules are twisted and thrashed by dance. Let the choreography of the ball take you on a ride that passes the unknown and spectacular possibilities of this dead serious performance of a football match... You will never look at a pair of golden shorts and a «discofied» football the same way again!

 

The match/performance is played using the basic forms, placement and rules of European football. BUT in order to move and/or travel on the field, all are required to dance. Never at rest, the players engage in a fluid improvisation that follows the trajectory of the ball while also prioritizing artistic merit (the battle) which is also a key element to winning the game.

 

Aside from the performative, the game also differs from professional football in its, all are equal stance on gender, cultural and esthetics norms. The indifference to one gender teams only allows for greater possibilities on the field. This match doesn’t have time for the usual hyper masculinity attributed to football – we’re just to busy dancing. When performed and received as it should be, DF shakes, shimmies and twirls us further away from our society’s cumbersome classifications.

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