iTMOi
(in the mind of igor)
By Akram Khan company
inspired by Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) composed by Igor Stravinsky
At Sadler's Wells Theatre
iTMOi is shockingly epic. The way Akram Khan challenges his audience is like what Igor Stravinsky did to his audience. In Khan's perspective- the essence of the rite of spring was about ritual, energy, pattern, and sacrifice. These are the elements of creating mind blowing (or confusing) moment/event. No masterpiece could have been accomplished without any of the element mentioned. For me, it was like watching a painful process of reaching a particular destination- death, perhaps. There were times when I almost closed my eyes (the music was great, it was dark, and the movements were very subtle...) Literally I was struggling as well. However, the tiredness stimulated my senses in a different way. While I was in a state of delirium, I felt like the whole show was working in my brain like black ink dilutes in the water. When the piece reaches its climax, that was when the broken thread links up in my head and all the senses came back alive again. How thrilling it felt! Still, there were many vague notions and emotion that I couldn't quite explain, but I rather leave it to the image above (created by liiah).
