"Self-Unfinished"

A table, a chair. A tall man takes a seat and pretends to be a robot whose limbs make a noise with every move – a noise the man creates with his mouth. Xavier Le Roy’s solo “Self Unfinished” starts with an amusing scene that leads to a dismantling and astonishing transformation of the body. The piece that was created ten years ago exactly and has since been shown at almost all important contemporary festivals and stages in Europe is considered one of the most significant works of choreographic conceptualism.
Alongside the works created by Jérôme Bel up to then, “Self Unfinished” was regarded as a fundamental challenge to dance since it does completely without any conventional dance movements.

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