Is adolescence a predictable and predetermined rebellion, or is it an unpredictable rite of passage?

Prolet OCD dance company presents “OFFSPRING,” a dance piece for teenage audiences, inspired by two iconic works, Frank Wedekind’s “Spring Awakening” and Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”.

Five teenagers search their kinetic and physical vocabulary, while confronted on stage with a female conductor who functions as an archetypal expression of a system of education and upbringing. As the conductor insists on leading, the group of teenagers collides, discovers, tests, rejects, ultimately creating its own identity, its own Ritual.

Exploring the rites of passage and coming-of-age customs of many cultures, the bounce movement being one of their structural elements (as well as of all folk dances, from the 16th century saltarello to the 20th techno and punk), the kinetic code of the performance is formed.

By creating moving images with references to the structure of digital GIFs, the project attempts to illuminate the complex and hidden qualities of teenage bodies, unraveling their fragile world.

In this way, teenage audiences (as well as older ones) are invited to recognize and embrace their life experience, through the language of contemporary dance.