Fijis

Placing the subjects of gender, intimacy and desire under his choreographic microscope, Abreu explores his material with an emphasis on movement and raw physicality performed with the triangular relationship of three dancers. Drawing inspiration from the unique cultures and rituals of the Polynesian Islands he begins to give real highlights of his fluid and grounded movement vocabulary in this early career work.

Like the conflicting dynamic between the imaginary and the physical world Abreu devised a choreography that pushes the dancers to explore what it is to express a feeling of totally letting it go while being totally in control - a creative conflict often present in his evolving dance practice.

Fijis was a Jerwood Foundation commission premiering at The Purcell Room of the Queen Elizabeth Hall for Dance Umbrella 2005. It includes a specially commissioned score from composer John Metcalfe with lighting by David Holmes and costumes by Tony Wood.