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HARDOCRE

creation Alessandro Magania and Kourtney Rutherford
text  Kourtney Rutherford 
choreography Alessandro Magania
music by Mathieu Eveillard
props Kim Macron & Simone Peretti
performed by Jack Frederick, Kim Macron, Alessandro Magania, Simone Peretti & Kourtney Rutherford

Toying with the concept of crafting charisma, Hardcore plays like a series of takes from the shooting of an infomercial for a program that aims to correct undesirable physical habits - namely sincere emotional manifestations. 

“Charisma is something you can ignite, stimulate, and work just like your intellect... Fit Factor 5 makes you fluid in a new physical language, replacing manifestation of eagerness, like nodding in agreement and smiling while talking, with EFFECTIVE/ SYNTHETIC/ GESTURES that will make you magnetic. Magnetic to those you desire. Magnetic to those who didn’t even know you existed.” - Excerpt

Taking its cue from fitness and self-help videos, interviews and exercise demonstrations are played out by the program creator/guru and a selected participant, while a duo of technicians continuously resets camera angles, and with live scoring by a musician. The threat of spontaneity coming unhinged is set against the contrived principles imparted by the workout, and of filming in itself, as a reflection on the value placed by our society on restraint and manufactured appearances. 

HARDCORE premiered at Dixon Place (NYC) as part of Little Theatre, Vol XV, No. 1, September, 2014.




contact: alemagania-at-gmail-dot-com on-camera agent: Susan Wright/Ann Wright Representatives 212-764-6770