'The Space Is In Between Us' is a sound and movement performance frame for exploring togetherness. It takes place in non-theatre spaces, ideally an office, shop front or hall. The audience experiences the work through being invited to arrange a collection of objects and plants at particular intervals over a duration of 1-4 hours. Seats are placed in response to the composition in a way that provokes new perspectives. Each performance is bespoke, unique to the audiences present.
A collaboration with Alexandra Baybutt. Performed in London and Berlin.
REVIEWS AND AUDIENCE TESTIMONIALS:
“Effortlessly in synch with each other, they bring both a reassuring and energising force to this work. Their strength lies in how they manage to direct whatever might happen in the space and for every night it will be different. “
Jo Leask, London Dance
“The two artists in this pleasing performance succeed in giving ‘space exploration’ – a favourite topic of newspapers – a whole new meaning. I found it charming and thought provoking.”
Claire Cohen, Ballet Bichon blog
“@DonaldHutera Intuitive (performers AND audience) unforced organic: @thespaceis till Nov 29 @theatredeli on Farringdon Road..” - Via Twitter
“ I forgot that I was many miles away from my home… ” - Gábor
“The work has stayed with me over the past days and made me think differently about the spaces we occupy. ” - Hannah
“ I stopped thinking. ” - Dori
“ Unlike most art in which you feel the company is under ever-increasing pressure to shock and amaze - either through story or spectacle - this piece was contemplative and introspective for the viewer (…) I was extremely engaged the entire time which was especially surprising as I am easily bored these days by television, the internet, films...maybe we are missing space in our lives now… ” - Rachel
'A dog may or may not have barked' is the proto version of the piece, and was performed 6 times in a former BBC office.
"The work’s title lightly evokes memory, obliquely, at a glance, as if trying to recall, via senses, something that was significant. Thus the expansive validity of some small things. Thus the richness of poetic resonance, with its expansive web-like structure of associations triggered by sense-forms.”
Lizzy Le Quesne, choreography.net