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Skid and Saaba: a thrilling free fall into the best of Swedish contemporary dance

GöteborgOperans Danskompani in Damien Jalet's Skid
© Mats Bäcker
GöteborgsOperans Danskompani in Damien Jalet's Skid
© Lennart Sjöberg
GöteborgsOperans Danskompani in Damien Jalet's Skid
© Lennart Sjöberg
GöteborgsOperans Danskompani in Sharon Eyal's Saaba
© Lennart Sjöberg
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“It’s a hypnic jerk of a piece, a feast of free fall while calculating impact force”
Reviewed at Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney on 24 January 2024
Skid (Damien Jalet)
Saaba (Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar)
GöteborgsOperans Danskompani
Jim Hodges, Set Designer
Jean-Paul Lespagnard, Costume Designer
Joakim Brink, Lighting Designer
Maria Grazia Chiuri, Costume Designer
Alon Cohen, Lighting Designer
Bal Impérial & Boléro: multi-layered work challenges in Geneva
****1
Pelléas et Mélisande as a dark, shining fairy tale in Geneva
****1
Damien Jalet's Vessel reveals the underworld at Torinodanza
****1
A hi-gloss Pelléas et Mélisande falls flat in Geneva
**111
Cherkaoui / Jalet: Babel(words)
****1
Fashion meets dance in Hussein Chalayan's Gravity Fatigue
***11
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