TankeSUS - How To Be Alone

 "How to be alone" is a dance performance by three incredibly talented dancers. The piece deals with the transition from being in a safe environment to becoming independent.

The creators of the play believe it is important to prepare young people for this period, as one day they will face it.

The piece is divided into six different parts that tell different situations, with different backgrounds. For each part, the room is turned off for all kinds of light and the dancers position themselves so that they are ready for the next part. When it's dark in the room, a little boy says part of a song lyric as a kind of introduction to the new part.

The dancers use their incredible talent for dance and body language to talk about the transition to independence. They use a variety of steps and have many entertaining ways to show their message. For example, when they let each other fall into each other's arms, but fell to the floor when they were unsupported. They also used light bulbs that they danced around. The light bulbs were hung around the room in different lengths, which they ducked under as in a kind of obstacle course.

The set-up for the play was very good. All the light bulbs in the room kept the audience interested and made the play seem exciting. The use of music was also very entertaining, considering that they mixed in new, modern songs, such as "Umbrella" by Rihanna and "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber.

The dancers were fantastic and really impressed us with the synchronization of dance and music. The steps they danced were almost always in time with the music, which gave their performance a big plus point.

The play had a very nice and important message that many people have experienced or will experience. Much of the play is performed well, but the message itself was very choppy and unclear. You become very unsure of what is happening and the connection between the different parts. They don't use any concrete action, which makes the message very difficult to understand. We got the feeling that there was a deeper meaning than what they managed to convey, which made us unsure of both ourselves and the play.

The scenes were also quite long, which led to a loss of focus and interest. The dancers were very good, but you felt that they repeated themselves quite often.

The piece was beautifully executed, but at times it could be difficult to know what they were trying to express, as they didn't use any words, only body language. We think that the message was too difficult to express with the help of dance alone. But, otherwise, it was an entertaining and good performance.