I've been fortunate enough to see this show live a few times over the past few months in Denmark, and the more I watch it the more I realize how unique it is. The show itself has evolved a lot since I first saw it in the beginning of March, and the latest version was performed at Gerlev for the European Gathering this past July after the GPT had been on tour for 2 weeks in the Czech Republic.
Note: Video editing by Bruno Peixoto of the performance earlier this spring.
While Gerlev and Streetmovement seem to be ahead of the curve on many things related to parkour, this performance fuses parkour and dance in a way that I have yet to see even glimpses of elsewhere.
Choreographers Mikkel Rugaard, Tine Salling, and Stinna Rosemary Fay Shaktiva. Photo courtesy of the Gerlev Performance Team.
I graduated from Davidson College in 2010 and was given an extraordinary opportunity through the Watson Fellowship to travel around the world for a year while studying the discipline of parkour (aka freerunning or l'art du déplacement.)
After completing my Watson year in August 2011, I decided to continue my travels and research to see where they take me.
Awesome performance!
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