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Colin dunne

on Colin Dunne’s Concert
 
The long tunnel
      of dark and light
of sounds funneled
      from hand to hand
towards loud feet,
      quiet mouth,
      tongue out a plenty and an affirmative murmur to himself to close each episode of dancing.
 
This is a man
dressed in casual date-wear;
       Long sleeved cotton tee,
       Unbelted black jeans (slightly too long)
       Converse (no socks)
An approximately boyish look…
 
A tensely jovial opening
        to the 2017 Dublin Dance Festival.
 
        The man-boy welcomes the audience
        and explains his dance in patches of light;
        an athletic ministry of shadow, shuffle, pounce
        flesh blurred to indigo.
 
Backward thrown
Conversations
In-head play;
             this is the tradition,
             man to man when we get down to it,
             the conversation bland and repetitive;
             justification,
             philosophy of art,
             music touching the infinite…
 
            ‘I react against repetition’
             the great diddley-aye debate…
             who made it so smoke-eye?
 
             This guy
             and his man-tweaked conversation…
 
             Technology and light.
             Who are we
             getting closer to?
             And why have they
             Bared themselves here?
 
             Shuffle the deck
             Split the pack
             Whichever way you cut it
             out pops
             Tommy Potts
 
             You will not leave
             with any doubt
             about his significance…
 
             The guy
             seated and lit with a mellow deep yellow
             strips his top off
             both layers at once!
             and replaces it with something a little more dressy
             aka
             a light cotton shirt…
 
             This guy
             front manning his own band all night
             feet mainly,
             some cat hand elbow whip
             tongue lip
             body outlined in delicate brightness
             blurring the deck of cards
 
             and more Tommy Potts!
             and hard shoes then,
             very tap, tap bounce
             make smithereens of time
 
             and then even more Tommy Potts and bigger!
             this time projected in black and white
 
             and end;
             both men disappear in utter black and still.


Emma for DRAFF


Concert by Colin Dunne is running at Project Arts Centre as part of Dublin Dance Festival until 20th May.
Image: Maurice Gunning
Posted: 19th May 2017


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