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JAN LAUWERS AND NEED COMPANY.(Review) (theater review) (theater review)
Artforum International, February, 2000 by Goldberg, Roselee
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BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Morning Song, a 100-minute work directed by Jan Lauwers for his multilingual troupe Needcompany, is a pristine theatrical depiction of the present tense. His aesthetic of "now," however, does not contain a single reference to virtual reality, nor is there any use of high-tech media; rather, Lauwers's inherent intelligence is about the nature of the stage itself, which he uses to construct a layered space where everyday late-'90S conversation (sex, food, and politics predominate), music, and movement all circulate and bombard one another like ...
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