Bromance

Overview

Modern-day man-love is strange and complex new territory indeed. Since hunting rituals fell out of vogue all those years ago, there’s no longer a clear-cut way of navigating the sticky terrain of platonic male bonding. In the age of self-help saturation, men are being called on to express their feelings, get in touch with their feminine side and take an active interest in weird foreign concepts like communication, where previous generations got away with slapping each other on the back after a hole-in-one. Ours is a generation that coined the term ‘bromance’ — a concept that has provided endless material for comedy in contemporary pop-culture. How long do you think our forefathers would have put up with Two and a Half Men?

In Bromance, choreographers Alisdair Macindoe and Adam Synnott invite you to explore the nuanced labyrinth that is the male relationship. As part of the You Are Here season of performance, dance and installation at Performance Space, the two seasoned performers draw on their personal experiences to present a full-length dance work that examines the interplay between two young men entering adulthood. Utilising space and movement, Macindoe and Synnott delve into the psychology of brotherhood and the rivalry, trust, respect, responsibility and genuine love that shapes the experience of intimacy between men.