Dry Toast (2008)

Extremely powerful and physical dance theatre, which touches you with its intensity and pulls you into the dark underground world of narcotics and abuse. Thorpe’s debut work for MDDT is as hard, gritty and real as dance theatre gets, no quarter taken, no quarter given, the physicality is real and the energy explosive.

“The four women in Dry Toast deliver their difficult material with real gravitas. This bruising piece sees them locked into destructive, nihilistic cycles. In a harsh, sparse set, they repeatedly crash land on the tables, the floor, the bed, each other, hurling themselves about in blind frustration, or flapping futilely on the floor like netted fish. With its searing sounds, its images of people in conflict and in conflict avoidance, Dry Toast was easily the highlight of the evening.” Audience member, Resolution 2008

“Violent, dark, painfully physical, you could feel the jolt of the dancers’ knees hitting the floor as they dropped and slammed their bodies against the stage. Breathy, exhausted and sweat-sheened, the dancers radiated discomfort as they compulsively repeated punishing routines. Powerful.” Audience member, Resolution 2008

Choreographer: Douglas Thorpe
Music: Ronnie Sundin,
Morphe Rykkinn, Best Boy
Oasis, Wonderwall
Mozart, Act 3, 20.Duettino
Eran Sachs, Foreigner
Costume design: Douglas Thorpe
Lighting design: Mark Baker
Length: 25 minutes
Age recommendation: ages 14+
Tech requirements: small to middle scale theatres.
Number of dancers: 4