Romanian Dance History goes down in Swedish Dance History

As the audience stopped clapping and started to leave the auditorium after a performance by Alan Platel at the Gothenburg Festival of Theater and Dance, two people, a young woman and a man, appeared on stage urging the audience not to leave. The two stated "We are Romanian Dance History. This is a bonus track, not a protest, and we would like to share with you four minutes from our short and not so great history." Approximately half of the audience stayed. They then continued to perform "the melting ice-cream" from the 1965-performance The Hammer Without A Master by Stere Popescu. The man continued dancing something that resembled modern movements, while the woman explained how this dance in it's time was revolutionary. The censorship of the communist party had the choreographer state his vision in a subtle and poetic way, and the audience had to read between the movements in order to see it. After performing for four minutes, the two thanked for the attention and as they left the stage the audience gave their approval. Later, at the Swedish Dance History stand, Romanian Dance History joined in on the dance floor.

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