A chance to dance: The Rambert Dance Company in Cunningham's RainForest at the Barbican

By Katja Vaghi, 10 April 2013

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Reviewed at Barbican Centre: Art Gallery, London on 27 March 2013

RainForest (Merce Cunningham)

Rambert

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Katja Vaghi

With a background in Dance Studies, Literature and Linguistics (MA English Studies from Zurich University and PhD in dance philosophy from the University of Roehampton in London) and a formation as a modern dancer (Ballet Arts, NYC), Katja is a freelance dancer, choreographer, dance researcher and dramaturge currently living in Berlin.