Philippe Priasso dancing with a mechanical digger during the show 'Transport Exceptionnels' organised at Ravindra Bharathi, in Hyderabad, on Tuesday. Photo: G. Ramakrishna
Dancer Philippe Priasso performed outside the auditorium rather than in its confines. The dance transformed the street into a construction site while representing a balance between nature, man, and machine. Photo: G. Ramakrishna
Philippe Priasso met, greeted, teased and embraced the moving excavator with the extraordinary masculine grace of a man, who has been dancing for 36 years of the 55 years he has lived. Photo: G. Ramakrishna
The excavator, known for its potential to dig, drill and transport, is personified through ‘poetic extension' – one of a hand which carries, elevates and protects. The machine's innermost sensitivity is revealed by Priasso in this 20-minute performance. Photo: G. Ramakrishna
“Although I was hurt several times, in the course of the dance we discovered the life within a machine. It was like a give and take between iron and flesh,” said Philippe Priasso. Photo: G. Ramakrishna
'Transport Exceptionnels' has been screened across the globe and will be screened next in Brazil. Photo: G. Ramakrishna