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To settle his debts with wandering dance practices, Atlas returned to the earthly basis of human existence - literally, considering the firm set of buttocks which rise up out of the mud in opening scenes. After Homo Sapiens makes his first dance steps, Douglas Dunn, on whose solo performance the 'Myth' is based, sets himself up as a baby in the play-pen, using an ominously knotted rope. When Dunn, at the end, reaches the age of the very strong, he may consider himself lucky still to be able - stiffly swinging his hips under his grass skirt - to enjoy the simple Mi Nei song. After 'Because we must', this is another humoristic and provoking production by Atlas, which furthermore provides an anthropologically sound lecture in world wide dance folklore. Especially the Arabian explanation about the elementary ballet limbs makes a lasting impression thanks to the instructiveness. Primitive rites perhaps, but untarnished by non committal modernism and other myths.
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André Nientied
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Choreography, dance: Douglas Dunn, Costumes: Charles Atlas, Mary Beth McCabe, Text: 'The myth of human evolution' Niles Eldridge & Jan Tattersall, Script: Joseph Lennon, Camera: Paul Gibson, Light: Jim Denault, Editing: Rick Feist, Joe Klotz, Production: SUSAn Dowling/WGBH Boston
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