Fuerzabruta - brutally great
August 15, 2007 3:17 AM Subscribe
Fuerzabruta, from one of the creators of
De La Guarda . Argentine 'physical theatre' , but without a plot and the term seems simply too limiting. I would call it emotional theatre. Currently in the middle of a run at the Edinburgh Fringe (tickets here). Simply Fantastic , its coming to New York soon , and Europe ...GO !!
( De La Guarda Previously)
I don't mean to be rude here but if people want to buy tickets I am sure they could find them of their own accord without being in the FPP.
posted by ClanvidHorse at 4:09 AM on August 15, 2007
posted by ClanvidHorse at 4:09 AM on August 15, 2007
Gahhhh... it resized my browser. Die die die! How's that for emotional?
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 4:10 AM on August 15, 2007
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 4:10 AM on August 15, 2007
I'd rather pick potatoes in poland than attend the edinburgh festival - which has transformed into a giant audition space for wannabe panelists on radio four.
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:29 AM on August 15, 2007
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:29 AM on August 15, 2007
The recent council byelaw that every home in edinburgh must have a picture of jimmy carr on the wall ( al la saddam hussein) doesnt help either.
- oh no, it's all coming out now.
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:31 AM on August 15, 2007
- oh no, it's all coming out now.
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:31 AM on August 15, 2007
de la guarda was amazing. saw that a few years back. if it is half as good as de la guarda, it will be worth seeing.
posted by Flood at 5:44 AM on August 15, 2007
posted by Flood at 5:44 AM on August 15, 2007
Well, I didn't see De La Guarda but I thought Fuerzabruta at the Roundhouse was great. I don't have much of a performance art vocabulary so since I can't expalin why I'll just repeat that: it was great.
posted by ninebelow at 6:51 AM on August 15, 2007
posted by ninebelow at 6:51 AM on August 15, 2007
I'd rather pick potatoes in poland than attend the edinburgh festival - which has transformed into a giant audition space for wannabe panelists on radio four.
got your snark engaged there huh ? how can u compare this show to picking potatoes in poland ( which i presume u have done ) when you've never attended the show. Seems like a snark too far to me , but hey , maybes thats your loss :)
posted by burr1545 at 8:00 AM on August 15, 2007
got your snark engaged there huh ? how can u compare this show to picking potatoes in poland ( which i presume u have done ) when you've never attended the show. Seems like a snark too far to me , but hey , maybes thats your loss :)
posted by burr1545 at 8:00 AM on August 15, 2007
Thanks for this--I loved De La Guarda and will look forward to seeing this in NYC.
posted by Mavri at 8:32 AM on August 15, 2007
posted by Mavri at 8:32 AM on August 15, 2007
I'd rather pick potatoes in poland than attend the edinburgh festival - which has transformed into a giant audition space for wannabe panelists on radio four.
posted by sgt.serenity
Then you have no soul, no spirit of lucky dip adventure, no stamina, no sense of curious fun after a few drinks in some unspeakable Scottish dive, no chance to be wowed, or even thrillingly aghast at others' vanity & demented pluck.
Basically, you've given up.
posted by Jody Tresidder at 9:05 AM on August 15, 2007
posted by sgt.serenity
Then you have no soul, no spirit of lucky dip adventure, no stamina, no sense of curious fun after a few drinks in some unspeakable Scottish dive, no chance to be wowed, or even thrillingly aghast at others' vanity & demented pluck.
Basically, you've given up.
posted by Jody Tresidder at 9:05 AM on August 15, 2007
Basically, you've given up.
no self respecting edinburgher attends the festival - if you think people walking up the royal mile on stilts and juggling fire year after year after year after year is incredibly left field, i can only assume you live in a cave.
posted by sgt.serenity at 11:16 AM on August 15, 2007
no self respecting edinburgher attends the festival - if you think people walking up the royal mile on stilts and juggling fire year after year after year after year is incredibly left field, i can only assume you live in a cave.
posted by sgt.serenity at 11:16 AM on August 15, 2007
" i can only assume you live in a cave."
I don't, actually sgt.serenity.
It's just your comment had the same empty, jaded peevishness of anyone with an event on their doorstep.
Sure, many resident Notting Hillers no longer bother with the carnival, Manhattanites yawn at Macy's Parades, Barnes dwellers roll their eyes at the Boat Race.
"Live here/done that" is one thing.
But "there's no point anyone ever bothering 'cos it's all become so boring" is worth a rebuttal!
posted by Jody Tresidder at 11:53 AM on August 15, 2007
I don't, actually sgt.serenity.
It's just your comment had the same empty, jaded peevishness of anyone with an event on their doorstep.
Sure, many resident Notting Hillers no longer bother with the carnival, Manhattanites yawn at Macy's Parades, Barnes dwellers roll their eyes at the Boat Race.
"Live here/done that" is one thing.
But "there's no point anyone ever bothering 'cos it's all become so boring" is worth a rebuttal!
posted by Jody Tresidder at 11:53 AM on August 15, 2007
My students were just in Edinburgh for the American High School Theatre Festival. They don't get exposed to much theatre beyond tired old musicals here in our town. In Edinburgh, they got to see "Into the Hoods" (a hip-hop dance performance that blew them away), "Yamato Chanbara" (basically a stage combat demonstration with a ton of wire work by the folks who choreographed "Kill Bill"), "The Angel and The Woodcutter" (a movement theatre piece based on a Korean folk tale), "Impropera" (improvised opera), "Rock and Roll Penguin" (a brilliant, hilarious clown/mime performance by a Japanese duo called Gamjorobat) and, yes, "Fuerzabruta."
They have seen more different kinds of theatre in one week than they have the whole rest of their lives. They got a lot out of it.
I guess that makes us dumb cave dwelling hicks. I'll try to make sure that they know that's what the self respecting Edinburghers think of them, which is a shame because everyone we met seemed so nice to our faces.
That being said, they loved "Fuerzabruta," though I agree it wasn't quite on par with "De La Guarda."
posted by Joey Michaels at 12:25 PM on August 15, 2007
They have seen more different kinds of theatre in one week than they have the whole rest of their lives. They got a lot out of it.
I guess that makes us dumb cave dwelling hicks. I'll try to make sure that they know that's what the self respecting Edinburghers think of them, which is a shame because everyone we met seemed so nice to our faces.
That being said, they loved "Fuerzabruta," though I agree it wasn't quite on par with "De La Guarda."
posted by Joey Michaels at 12:25 PM on August 15, 2007
I'm sure it's worth a rebuttal - good on you if you disagree - i would contend that there are better things to see in edinburgh - you're better going for a quiet walk on the outskirts really - if anyone here wants to argue that the standard of the fringe is higher than when joan littlewood was putting on shows on forrest road then be my guest.
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:27 PM on August 15, 2007
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:27 PM on August 15, 2007
also joey - you saw absolutely no show from scotland in that list, were you talking with traverse theatre types or was your only discourse with a scottish person the taxi drivers ?
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:30 PM on August 15, 2007
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:30 PM on August 15, 2007
I didn't realize that you were only referring to Scottish plays at the Festival. I thought you were suggesting that all plays from all cultures at the festival weren't worth attending. My mistake.
We saw a local group doing an improvised show called 'Scared Scriptless' that was all right (though the director kept interupting the show to correct the improvisers, which was a little embarassing).
I'd hardly claim that we met a cross section of all Edinburgh residents, but we did interact with a large number of people on the street, the pubs and the buses. Who can afford cabs? I'm not saying all people in Edinburgh are friendly, just that the 100+ citizens we encountered were all very nice. Especially in the Underbelly, though that place could be totally despised by the locals.
The only rude people we met were a kid dressed all in black with a Thom Yorke haircut who walked by us (and everyone on that particular street) calling us all fuckers - and the British Airways counter lady in Glasgow who was just rude and evil. Of course, we wouldn't accuse her of being from Edinburgh - or of being Scottish necessarily.
Why are you interested in making it seem like all the cool people from Edinburgh look down on everyone who doesn't have the same cultural opportunities as they have? That makes them seem like the worst of snobs. That wasn't my impression, but my encounters were limited. Should that be my impression of Edinburghers? Is that what you'd like it to be?
posted by Joey Michaels at 4:56 PM on August 15, 2007
We saw a local group doing an improvised show called 'Scared Scriptless' that was all right (though the director kept interupting the show to correct the improvisers, which was a little embarassing).
I'd hardly claim that we met a cross section of all Edinburgh residents, but we did interact with a large number of people on the street, the pubs and the buses. Who can afford cabs? I'm not saying all people in Edinburgh are friendly, just that the 100+ citizens we encountered were all very nice. Especially in the Underbelly, though that place could be totally despised by the locals.
The only rude people we met were a kid dressed all in black with a Thom Yorke haircut who walked by us (and everyone on that particular street) calling us all fuckers - and the British Airways counter lady in Glasgow who was just rude and evil. Of course, we wouldn't accuse her of being from Edinburgh - or of being Scottish necessarily.
Why are you interested in making it seem like all the cool people from Edinburgh look down on everyone who doesn't have the same cultural opportunities as they have? That makes them seem like the worst of snobs. That wasn't my impression, but my encounters were limited. Should that be my impression of Edinburghers? Is that what you'd like it to be?
posted by Joey Michaels at 4:56 PM on August 15, 2007
Sgt. Serenity,
No, I don't want to pee on your bridie! (Fake Scottish phrase!).
Those memories of (English!) Joan Littlewood must be grand!
But, really, who on earth wants to hear "oh, you're all too late?" for Edinburgh?
When in fact "doing" the Festival (or Fringe) is one of the best way to first explore the nooks and crannies of your incredible city up close and on foot.
And who knows what embryonic stage talent lurks out there right now?
Honestly, I don't know what's more off-putting.
Scolding people for not having been born at the right time - or scolding Americans for not having seen the correct plays!
posted by Jody Tresidder at 5:01 PM on August 15, 2007
No, I don't want to pee on your bridie! (Fake Scottish phrase!).
Those memories of (English!) Joan Littlewood must be grand!
But, really, who on earth wants to hear "oh, you're all too late?" for Edinburgh?
When in fact "doing" the Festival (or Fringe) is one of the best way to first explore the nooks and crannies of your incredible city up close and on foot.
And who knows what embryonic stage talent lurks out there right now?
Honestly, I don't know what's more off-putting.
Scolding people for not having been born at the right time - or scolding Americans for not having seen the correct plays!
posted by Jody Tresidder at 5:01 PM on August 15, 2007
the British Airways counter lady in Glasgow who was just rude and evil.
that's just glasgow : )
Look, maybe i'll get into this festival thing eventually - if i didnt live here i would probably come every year and enjoy it thoroughly.
It's a strange thing really - I think edinburgh is much more interesting when its quiet but there you go.
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:44 PM on August 16, 2007
that's just glasgow : )
Look, maybe i'll get into this festival thing eventually - if i didnt live here i would probably come every year and enjoy it thoroughly.
It's a strange thing really - I think edinburgh is much more interesting when its quiet but there you go.
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:44 PM on August 16, 2007
"...that's just glasgow : )"
Love it!
(Sorry if I was a bit snippy, sgt. serenity! I accept that the misty Royal Mile etc uncrowded by tourists and irritating sassenach fire eaters is altogether a different place!)
posted by Jody Tresidder at 7:19 AM on August 17, 2007
Love it!
(Sorry if I was a bit snippy, sgt. serenity! I accept that the misty Royal Mile etc uncrowded by tourists and irritating sassenach fire eaters is altogether a different place!)
posted by Jody Tresidder at 7:19 AM on August 17, 2007
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