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Dance me to the end of love

Swindon

Dance me to the end of love: James Cousins double bill

Von Emily Brown, 02 Oktober 2015

James Cousins Company presents a double bill depicting the break down of a fragile relationship, that shows inventive and detailed choreography, but leaves little space to breathe.

***11

Claire Cunningham : Simply powerful

Claire Cunningham: Give Me a Reason To Live

Von Emily Brown, 19 Mai 2015

Inspired by the work of Hieronymus Bosch, Claire Cunningham holds nothing back in baring her soul and her body, in this solo full of honesty and emotion.

****1

Rambert: Dark Arteries with Tredegar Town Band

Rambert: Dark Arteries with Tredegar Town Band

Von Emily Brown, 12 Mai 2015

Brass bands and balletic phrases formed part of Rambert's new mixed bill at Sadler's Wells, which also including the world premiere of Mark Baldwin's big and bold celebration of Welsh mining tradition.

***11

Louise Lecavalier's So Blue fulfils and confounds expectations

Louise Lecavalier's So Blue fulfils and confounds expectations

Von Emily Brown, 02 Juli 2014

The dancer famous for athletics and strength embarks on a new and altogether enthralling direction in her first self-choreographed work.

****1

Fabulous Beast: Rian

Von Emily Brown, 21 Juni 2014

Rian celebrates the Irish tradition of dance and music with a gorgeous ceilidh, but something seems lost in the translation from village pub to theatre stage. A part of Sadlers Sampled at Sadler's Wells.

***11

Fabulous Beast's Rian

Les SlovaKs' Opening Night

Opening Night by Les SlovaKs: A glorious celebration

Von Emily Brown, 25 Mai 2014

Les SlovaKs dance collective close Brighton Festival, expertly delivering riotous improvisation with humour and humility, their fantastic performance deserves every moment of the standing ovation it received.

*****

Lost Dog's Like Rabbits

Lost Dog and Lucy Kirkwood: Like Rabbits

Von Emily Brown, 15 Mai 2014

A world première at Brighton Festival: Based on Virginia Woolf's Lappin and Lapinova, new dance theatre work Like Rabbits is a simple, comic and achingly sad tale of falling out of love.

****1

Ultima Vez's Talk to the Demon at Brighton Festival

Talk to the Demon by Wim Vandekeybus: darkly comic and dangerously honest

Von Emily Brown, 13 Mai 2014

Brighton Festival hosts the UK premiere of Talk to the Demon, a work full of uncomfortable questions, powerful performances and breathtaking dancing. Choreographed on Ultima Vez by Belgian choreographer Wim Vandekeybus.

****1

Probe: Running on Empty at Brighton Festival

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Probe: Running on Empty at Brighton Festival

Von Emily Brown, 06 Mai 2014

Gorgeous performances from Antonia Grove and Greig Cooke lead us through the big topics of love and loss, but rather than running at them head on, this new work skirts round the edges.

***11

Circusfest 2014: Bikes and Rabbits' Triptych

Triptych by Bikes and Rabbits: a weird and wonderful ride

Von Emily Brown, 10 April 2014

A solo circus piece exploring delusions and fantasies, that despite the occasional wobble left me convinced and seduced by performer Alice Allart’s wonderland.

****1

Growing Old Gracefully: Three Score Dance Company

Growing old gracefully: Three Score Dance Company deliver high quality dance by the over sixties

Von Emily Brown, 09 April 2014

It is rare to see a dancer performing very far past the age of about forty, so what happens when an older person still wants to be involved in dance performance? Three Score Dance creates high quality performance work for dancers aged over sixty.

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09 Apr 2014

Saffy Setohy's Unexpected Animal and Kindling

Not Roaring But Purring: Saffy Setohy's Unexpected Animal and Kindling

Von Emily Brown, 21 März 2014

Saffy Setohy's duet, Unexpected Animal, and film, Kindling, choreographed for a mother and son offer a glimpse of a tender relationship, but could do with a few teenage kicks.

***11

Burrows and Fargion's Cheap Lecture and The Cow Piece

Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion: Cheap Lecture and The Cow Piece

Von Emily Brown, 11 März 2014

Choreographer and composer duo Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion perform a pair of beautifully bizarre duets involving cows, chaos and Cage. At The Nightingale Theatre, Brighton.

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