Dorian Nuskind Oder and Simon Grenier Poirier | Speed Glue
“Speed Glue” is a project created with two professional table tennis players. Rather than playing to win points and end the game as quickly as possible, the players work together to keep the ball going for as long as they can. By resisting the competitive structure of the game, a new range of rhythmic and choreographic possibilities emerge, as well as different relationships to duration and effort.
Dorian Nuskind-Oder and Simon Grenier-Poirier are Montreal-based artists working between dance, performance and visual arts. Their work has been supported by institutions including: Usine-C, Tangente, Circuit-Est Centre Choregraphique, Studio 303, the Goethe Institute, Quebec Council for Arts and Letters, Montreal Arts Council, Institute for Contemporary Art (Boston), Concord Summerstages, fabrikPotsdam, Mains D’Oeuvres (Paris), Summerworks Festival (Toronto), Live Arts Halifax, La Rotonde (Quebec), and as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad in Great Britain.
Credits
Concept and Direction : Simon Grenier-Poirier et Dorian Nuskind-Oder
Performance : Antoine Bernadet et Edward Ly
Coach and Technical Advice: Pierre-Luc Thériault
Thanks : Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Institut Goethe, fabrikPotsdam, LY Table Tennis Academy