Free interpretation, free association, and free imagination. His latest piece, Odd Duck Lake, abounds with chaotic exchanges of bodies in movement. For an audience willing to surrender to the peculiarites of the experience, an underlying theme emerges. That is how we live. That's the world we're in.
People support each other, release, leave and come back.
He makes the point with subtle humor revealed through wordplay, costuming and unique interpretations of everyday movements. The work's abstraction is both kinetic and visual. Bielemeier choreographed it to showcase the dancers' individual styles, contrasting them by repeating movements and layering solos. But the most stimulating visual aspect of the performance is when these divergent styles come together, filling every available area of the stage, including the floor and the space above it. Nearly eight months of rehearsing have paid off.