Mathew Janczewski/ARENA DANCES: Only the perverse fantasy can still save us
Mathew Janczewski, Only the perverse fantasy can still save us. Photo by Galen Higgins. Courtesy the artist.
Mathew Janczewski, Only the perverse fantasy can still save us. Photo by Galen Higgins. Courtesy the artist.
Mathew Janczewski, Only the perverse fantasy can still save us. Photo by Galen Higgins. Courtesy the artist.
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A major new work from Minnesota-based choreographer Mathew Janczewski interrogates binaries and asks how creative repression changes us. After receiving a diagnosis of leukemia, Janczewski learned that his condition was caused by the mutation of a single chromosome. For him, the experience brought new resonance to artist Matthew Barney’s epic five-film Cremaster cycle (1994–2002), which considers the embryonic stages of sexual differentiation—another biologically determined process that shapes our lives. Only the perverse fantasy can still save us takes inspiration from Barney and features a score by Minnesota-based composer Joshua Clausen.
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Program support provided by Neal Jahren. In honor of Dale Schatzlein (1948–2006) and his important work in dance and jazz in the Twin Cities, support is also provided by Emily Maltz.
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