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Dance and existentialism: Spirit from Goteborgs Operan Danskompani

By Sofia Nyblom, 07 April 2014
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Reviewed at GöteborgsOperan, Gothenburg on 4 April 2014
Programme
Metamorphosis (Saburo Teshigawara)
Noetic (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)
Performers
GöteborgsOperans Danskompani
Gothenburg Opera Chorus
Gothenburg Opera Orchestra
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Sofia Nyblom
Sofia Nyblom
Sofia Nyblom is a Swedish arts journalist, critic, presenter and radio and tv-producer. With a background as a professionally trained singer, she today prefers watching opera and singing in choir - and she loves dance. Twitter: @nyblomsofia. Her website is here.