ALPHA by Daniel Kok, Eisa Jocson & Arco Renz

Pole dance champions Daniel Kok and Eisa Jocson storm the stage with intense physicality and presence.

Together with the kinetic force of computer-controlled LED lighting from Takayuki Fujimoto (Dumb Type/ Kinsei R&D) and the vibrant soundscape by Marc Appart, director Arco Renz (Kobalt Works – Arco Renz), turns the principles of ‘verticality’ and ‘circularity’ of pole dancing into a highly-embodied expression set in a synaesthetic environment.

ALPHA deploys the visceral and sensorial minefield of pole dancing, provoking questions on the politics of gender and desire, and the complicity of seduction and manipulation.

Find out more [here](http://www.dansfestival.com/2014/alpha.php).


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