I went to see Fuerzabruta a couple of weeks ago with a friend who was staying with us for the weekend.
It was highly recommended by a colleague - his exact words were: "it sounds a bit wanky but really it’s not – great fun and you must see it before it closes." I ended up buying two tickets from another colleague who couldn’t make it to the show. I wasn’t disappointed.
It was a great experience; I say ‘experience’ because I’m not sure how else to describe it. It was a mix of everything; it has a story to tell, loud music, choreography, moving stages and lots of audience involvement. Within an hour, we were shuffled to different positions and busy looking at things happening from different perspectives. One minute, one of the main characters was placed in the middle of the venue apparently running away from something; next minute, the curtains around the venue were drawn and two women were running along the curtains - in the air! (they were suspended by wires of course). Meanwhile, the lighting was changed from strong to soft and dreamlike.
The performers were fully engaged and so were the audience. Another scene was two actors running (in the air again) while they were separated by a large silver disc, and were desparate to get connected to each other. Other cast members were exhaustingly swinging the disc, and the audenice (some of those could almost touch the dics) were astonished.
The most remarkable scene was when the stage was set directly above the audience. There was a large square plastic pool hanging in the air, which was filled with shallow water (not a lot but enough to create the most impressive effects). The performers then jumped up and landed flat on the water surface (it looked painful!), splashing the water whilst others laid on the water, being pushed by waves. I still have that scene vividly in my mind - the effect with the water, the natural movement of the bodies and the fantastic colour of the lights were beyond words. I will go to see it again if I get a chance.
Dear, i wish i can see this perforamcne live…!!
have watched the live video, it is clever to include house music (with live dj-ing), body movement to create a strong stage visual effect..i think it is very interesting…kinda like ” clubbing+stage perforamcne”..which is good..afterall, it think Art should merge into daily life,sth enjoyable and can experience by public!