HARDCORE is a one-act dance and theater piece created by Alessandro Magania and 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.  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 poised appearances.