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On M2M and genius theatre makers who completely miss the mark

One of the rules of thumb of contemporary theatre art reads as follows: There is no middle ground in a production with an insanely long title. Such a production is fantastic, or dies of its own pretensions. With Judson church is ringing in Harlem (made to measure) / twenty looks of paris is burning at the judson church (m2m), the latter is the case.

In 2012, I saw an earlier performance by dancer/choreographer Trajal Harrell, titled (M)imosa. A fascinating, disruptive and be...

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Daniel Bertina

/// Freelance cultural journalist, critic, writer and dramatist. Omnivore with a love of art, culture & media in all unfathomable gradations between obscure underground and wildly commercial mainstream. Also works for Het Parool and VPRO. And trains Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.View Author posts

One of the rules of thumb of contemporary theatre art reads as follows: There is no middle ground in a production with an insanely long title. Such a production is fantastic, or dies of its own pretensions. With Judson church is ringing in Harlem (made to measure) / twenty looks of paris is burning at the judson church (m2m), the latter is the case.

In 2012, I saw an earlier performance by dancer/choreographer Trajal Harrell, titled (M)imosa. A fascinating, disruptive and be...

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