What are Tempest’s main themes?
The piece begins with the idea of this suspension of rights. We have created for ourselves a kind of spectator society where we watch but are not a part of it. So I started to perform it: the consequences of our inaction. Your work carries a strong political weight. Is that typical for contemporary dance? I think perhaps the 21st century asked for a different kind of artist. We’re the leaders of the community. Artists are not just a special class of people that have a life away from the world. We need to bring what happens in our life into our work. But I don’t think, “Oh, I’m going to bring down this government.” No, I just make things that interest me. From 9/11 to your criticism of blood-thirsty capitalism, most of your work deals with political issues… I don’t know. I just think that that’s where I’m at, what I’m thinking about. They are issues that are closer to me. I live with a diverse group of people: religious people, philosophers. I don’t live in an artists’ community, a danc
