Andrus Kallastu’s (1967) Tantsutroop (Dance Tropus,
2011) is an extension of his previously completed work Welt gebaut ist’s (2007)
secco-fragment. Dance Tropus bases on the idea of divine dance. For the
creation of the choreography the human body is divided into fourteen different
parts that express various choreographic abilities. Every part has three to
fifteen choreographic functions. The Dance part consist of the so-called
choreographic chords that are unique combinations of movements and poses, they
are acquiesced using serial and stochastic methods. The vocal part of the Dance
Tropus contains only strong plosives and click-sounds that correspond to Welt
gebaut ist’s secco-fragment. The flute part include multifonics and key clicks,
the cello part has the non-traditional play on instrument corpus and the piano
part contains playing on blocked keys and prepared strings. The form of the
Dance Tropus is based on Rait Rosin’s video about a fanatic fisherman who with
the risk losing his life enjoys the year’s last winter experiences on the
almost melted ice of the Pärnu River.