Killer Pig Dancers Analysis

Killer Pig, preformed by the dance company L-E-V, demonstrates expressions of minimalism and intense honesty. The dance voiced the idea of a present force that influences the actions of the dancer leading to the natural instinct to kill. The dance gave off the impression of a primitive state through the erratic articulation of dancer’s bodies and their nude costumes. The combination of the lighting, music, choreography, and costumes allowed the audience understand the concept behind the dance. The dancers represented killer pigs because their movements were not human like, but animalistic. The dancer’s bodies angled, moved sharply and stretched extensively showing how, like animals, it was natural for them to constantly move as part of their instinct. The skipping of the dancers mimicked a gallop, and the positions of their arms along with the smallest detail of their bent fingers symbolized the claws of the killer pig. The erratic movements of the dance contributed to the impression of a tribal and primitive atmosphere. The dancers constantly switched from groups, to duets, and lastly solos each holding an importance to …show more content…
They rotated around one another as they shifted their weight to show their dominance trying to threaten each other. The fight represented through the duets showed how the trouble soul had the instinct to kill one of its own group members. The solos represented the resistance to act upon the drive to kill their dearest. This is because they left the main group and showed a struggle to control oneself. Their bodies contracted into a fetus stage as they seemed to struggle to control their own movements. Yet, the force that controlled the dancers intensified as the performance progressed, eventually leaving one dancer in the middle of the pack. The dancer tried to shield himself as he moved closer to the floor; however, the force of the group overpowered him and killed