January 20th, 2025 BOZAR, Brussels
30 minutes
Double Bill with Bryana Fritz
A Magnificent Solo
Daniel Linehan created “Not About Everything” in 2007 in New York shortly before moving to Brussels. It meant his international breakthrough and he has continued to perform his solo to this day.
He reflects on the creation and it’s meaning from today’s perspective:
I made “Not About Everything” as a young artist in a world with an abundance of information, in search of an answer to the often-repeated question “What is your work about?”. Any attempt to define this felt like a limitation. The pieces I had created up to that point were about a million things, sometimes in a span of ten minutes. What do I want to talk about?
My answer is a dance. A dance that starts with words. The cadence of sentences triggers a loop of circular movements. And a dance that asks questions as well. What is the value of a piece and what impact does it have on me, the audience and the world outside the theater? The answers work their way through my body and find expression in movement and sound. In all my creations, sound plays a crucial role. The vocal cords are as important as any other muscle and dance continues into words that in turn evoke new movements.
In the solo, I come to an essence by clearing out layers of text and movement, tangible but unspoken.