TMC INFLUENCES: production aspects (costume)

MINIMALISM; characterised by the use of simplistic style - achieved by stripping back elements of costume - modern dance evolved against the right constrained costumes of classical ballet to the bare essentials - costumes began simplistic (males often wore nothing on top half) - simplicity allows audience to focus only on movement vocabulary - freedom to move and transition in and out of floor - Polunin wore form fitting flesh shorts to highlight muscle (ripped/torn to highlight rebellion against rigid ballet constraints), bare chest allowing Polunin to expose tattoos he's had to cover his whole life