For an aesthetic of (dis)obedience. The impressions Richard Siegal and his company Ballet of Diff erence gathered on a trip to Japan in September 2022 now fi nd their way into a full-length dance evening.Siegal and his team had set off for Tokyo to learn the practice of Shuudan Koudou, also known as "Japanese Precision Walking". The strictly synchronised group choreographies are astonishing in their radical stringency and have become a secret YouTube hit, not least because of their peculiar subtle humour. |