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A hip acrobatic happening with angst 'De La Guarda' flies angrily through the air By Lucy Komisar NEW YORK
A man breaks through the sheeting at the ceiling and hangs upside down on a rope. People swinging on the ropes grab at each other, then pull roughly apart. A man in a suit stands on a platform while another man, suspended upside down from the underside, wears nothing on his posterior but black leather bands that remind one of sado-masochistic garb. A woman swinging on a rope smashes violently, legs akimbo, into the wall. Occasionally, the flyers grab up members of the audience for unexpected sweeps high into the performance space. "Villa Villa," the former name of the play, means "city city." If this is a commentary about urban life, it's one of violence, anomie, craziness. The production is enhanced by chimes, drums and horns, colored lights, strobes and smoke. There are no seats in the theater, and if you stand near the middle, be prepared to be grabbed for flight or at the very least dampened.
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