Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet arrive in the UK

By Kit Brown, 16 October 2012

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Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 11 October 2012

Violet Kid (Hofesh Shechter)

Tuplet (Alexander Ekman)

Grace Engine (Crystal Pite)

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet

Lucid dance states: Hofesh Shechter Company in Theatre of Dreams

Mark Vicente, 13th February

Theatre of Dreams is a sumptuous smorgasbord of dance theatre rich in visual imagery and lingering in one’s imagination indefinitely.

****1

Hofesh Shechter Company: Theatre of Dreams at Sadler's Wells

Graham Watts, 15th October

After a slow beginning, the work gathers pace, thoroughly engrossing the audience in its exhilarating, foot-tapping momentum.

****1

Restless and damp: Paris Opera Ballet in Red Carpet

Carla Escoda, 9th October

Hofesh Shechter's Red Carpet for Paris Opera Ballet offered brief harrowing elements in an otherwise tiresome evening, though the music, also by Shechter, was tremendous.

**111

A powerhouse: Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Shechter’s Grand Finale

Deborah Weiss, 26th September

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen powers its way through an exciting revamp of Hofesh Shechter’s inimitable Grand Finale.

****1

Transformative magic at Martha Graham Dance

Carla Escoda, 2nd April

More centenary celebrations by the Martha Graham Dance Company: the first of several mixed bills this season displays the Graham dancers at their most powerful.

****1

Hofesh Shechter: Theatre of Dreams is a dive into the subconscious

Graham Watts, 10th October

Hofesh Shechter Company are a tremendous ensemble, performing with pinpoint accuracy whenever in unison, and more-or-less continually in action for over 90 minutes.

***11

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Kit Brown

Kit, originally hailing from Northampton, now lives in London where he trains at the London Contemporary Dance School. With experience and interest in both Ballet and Contemporary Dance his main interests lie on the contemporary side of the art form.