11 Nov 2009. In Uprising/In your Rooms, choreography by Hofesh Shechter. For Romaeuropa Festival. Seven male dancers hit the stage with forceful energy: bonding and back slapping, fighting and falling out. Inspired by the 2006 riots in the Paris banlieues, Uprising is thrillingly executed, combining an original fusion of street style, synchronised and syncopated movement and a powerful, pounding soundtrack. In your Rooms, on the other hand, is provocative, political and deeply personal. The dancers reveal their shifting motives, lack of control and vulnerabilities through intricate and touching encounters. The work explores the defensiveness and artifice that we often use to protect ourselves when interacting with other people. Together, the two pieces demonstrate the young Israeli choreographer