L-E-V Dance Company's Brutal Journey of the Heart is inconclusive

L-E-V Dance Company in Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar's Chapter 3: The Brutal Journey of the Heart

By Kathy Elgin, 15 August 2023

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“The dancers were a joy to watch: lithe and graceful, brilliantly well-drilled, and yet…”

Reviewed at Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh on 13 August 2023

Chapter 3: The Brutal Journey of the Heart (Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar)

L-E-V

Maria Grazia Chiuri, Costume Designer

Alon Cohen, Lighting Designer

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***11

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****1

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Kathy Elgin

After a career in publishing, Kathy Elgin turned her enthusiasm for dance into a real job by joining the late, great John Percival, Dance Critic of The Times, in his re-launch of Dance and Dancers magazine in 1981. She was later delighted to join its rival, The Dancing Times, as Scottish correspondent until the magazine’s sad demise in 2022. She lives in Edinburgh.