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NEWS / MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
DANCE
Aluminum takes center stage
Performance by Israeli dance crew draws crowd of 1,200 to the Lied Center
BY DANIEL JOHNSON dj Johnson@kansan.com
Inanimate aluminum objects sprang to life Friday night on the Lied Center stage. During the 75-minute production of "The Aluminum Show", aluminum air duct piping evolved into human-like organisms, cannons launched aluminum confetti into the crowd, and performers wore post-modern metallic outfits and danced to blaring techno. The party-like performance attracted more than 1,200 guests to see the Israel-based, six-person dance crew on Friday. The dance group recycles aluminum and metallic objects and uses them as theatrical entertainment.
See a photo gallery of the show at kansan.com/photos
Watch a video of the performance at kansan.com/videos
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One of the group's six dancers holds an aluminum mask to her face. Each dancer held different body parts that, when put together, formed a dancing aluminum man.
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A dancer wears a single piece of aluminum duct piping during a fashion show-like segment of the show. The dress crew uses recycled aluminium for its post-metal metallic outfits.
A performer, whose face is lit by a single light in her lamp, like hat, stands in an aisle of the seating section as the show begins. "The Aluminum Show"features audience participation throughout the performance.
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A large 'creation' made of aluminium air duct piping towers over a miniature version of itself. Ian Anziel, I transform these metallic objects into human-like forms.
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A dancer displays her aluminum cape during the fashion show-like number. Show creator Ilan Azriel got the idea to use aluminum and other metallic objects in a performance after visiting a hardware store in Tel Aviv, Israel via satellite video.
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