In Spite of Wishing and Wanting

In Spite of Wishing and Wanting

2002 · 51 min · ★ 9.0 · Music

A dynamic, contemporary dance performance about how it is impossible to explain your deepest wishes or desires... how these can only be expressed in dreams and sleep. In the final sequence, we see the importance of effort and hope in the dancers' attempt to escape gravity. The all-male company performs to the music of David Byrne.

Directed by Wim Vandekeybus · Written by Wim Vandekeybus

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