Laurent Goumarre on Dance's Viral Season of Confrontation

In a 2009 article for artpress, critic Laurent Goumarre examines a decade of dance characterized by spectator hostility and the resilience of artists. He reminisces about Raimund Hoghe's bold presence in the mid-1990s, leveraging his stature and physicality after collaborating with Pina Bausch. Goumarre draws parallels to Marco Berrettini's "No Paraderan" (2004) and an incident where a viewer broke Maguy Marin's finger during "Umwelt" (2004). He contrasts the minimalist stages of Hoghe and Jérôme Bel with Marin's "Turba" (2008). Recently, dancers have created shields against unruly audiences. Goumarre commends Oleg Kulig's "anti-theatrical" interpretation of Monteverdi's "Vespers," connecting it to Sophie Perez and Xavier Boussiron's "Gombrowiczshow," and concludes with Boris Charmatz's "La Danseuse malade."