Les sept doigts de la main , Sequence 8

By Jaime Robles, 07 February 2015

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“There continues to be something refreshingly honest about these self-descriptions. ”

Reviewed at UC Berkeley, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley on 4 February 2015

Sequence 8 (The 7 Fingers (Les 7 Doigts de la Main))

The 7 Fingers (Les 7 Doigts de la Main)

The 7 Fingers: Where dance and circus mix

Philippa Newis, 1st April

Samuel Tétreault co-founder of The 7 Fingers brings the company back to Sadlers Wells with Triptyque - a trio of works exploring the theme of gravity. Drawing on the steely nerves of nine first-class performers, each piece harnesses a hybrid of circus disciplines and contemporary dance technique.

****1

Sadler's Samples of dance

Katja Vaghi, 29th January

The Sadler’s Wells Sampled evening had the whole building buzzing and dancing with a show of bite size dance appetisers for all tastes and also includes several extra activities.

****1

Eifman Ballet in a strangely psychological Pygmalion Effect

Jaime Robles, 31st May

Eifman has said he wants move dance back into theater and to use movement to explore the psychological. Both of these the company accomplishes.

***11

Xenos: The generous sorrow of Akram Khan

Jaime Robles, 2nd March

He turns and turns, elliptically and with the speed of a skater on ice. Sheer muscle defies gravity and the friction of feet on terra firma.

*****

No lonely hearts in MMDG’s Pepperland

Jaime Robles, 28th September

What makes this piece entirely Mark Morris is, even more than the dancing, the music.

*****

Wang Ramirez take Borderline to California

Jaime Robles, 24th February

A cube hangs suspended at an angle and Ramirez, harnessed to a line above the stage, floats above it, fulfilling the promise of dance and the human desire to escape gravity – to fly in angelic weightlessness.

*****

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Jaime Robles

Jaime Robles has previously written in the San Francisco Bay Area, including for the San Francisco Classical Voice. Also a poet, she has written song lyrics and librettos for several one-act operas, including Inferno (music by Peter Josheff), staged in 2009 by San Francisco Cabaret Opera, and Vladimir in Butterfly Country (music by Anne Callaway), staged in 2012.

The emotional dynamics of Les Doigts de la Main's “Sequence 8”