Resolution festival triple bill at the Place probes in-between states

At the Place’s Resolution festival of new choreography, a bright, idea-driven triple bill explored various in-between states across three distinct pieces. The standout, Interchange, is a questing solo by Seirian Griffiths in which the recently deceased Michael is trapped in a bureaucratic purgatory and told via a brisk, personable voiceover from Sam Booth that he has excess baggage to process.

The setup — a pastiche of muzak-accompanied admin hell — prompts a cleansing, near-death dance as Michael revisits loves from his mother to fleeting relationships; Griffiths makes swift, well acted transitions, mixing featherlight hip-hop pivots and suspended moments, though the holding-bay scenario and voiceover are said to fall away and the piece is described as having some unfinished business.

Qi Song’s rave-inspired Archive/Flesh/Echoes captures the small hours, with sound designer Sanki providing an ethereal, juddering score for a corps of clubbers who mobilise after sharing whispers and touches. In thrall to a DJ and Sanli Lin Wang’s lighting, the performers are depicted as fiercely concentrating on the music, at times separately seeking sexual climax; the dancers convey the waxing and waning momentum of an epic night out, but the piece is also said to include some generic clubby filler and to need tightening to reach the same searing transcendence as another work referenced, The Butterfly Who Flew Into the Rave.

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Culture, Resolution Festival, The Place, Seirian Griffiths, Interchange, Qi Song