Your comment about Ohad Naharin has been sitting in the back of my mind since you commented and last night I had the good fortune to go and see Batsheva perform Mamootot at Riverside. It was glorious.
Reviewed for Londonist.com. Wish I could go back tonight.
Mrs Miniver’s been listening to us. What to see this autumn.
I was lucky enough to see Chroma from the front row of the stalls at the Royal Opera House and it totally blew me away. I couldn’t do a review… I was barely coherent. Edward Watson was stunning up close…. the choreography is just superb on the Royal Ballet dancers…. jibber jibber…. blown away.
So, what a shame that Entity was a total let down in its shadow. Or was it? As Webcowgirl says, other people thought it was genius. One of my non-dance friends was gripped by it, for the full hour. Me & her were bored from the start: whilst appreciating the quality of the production, the calibre of the dancers and the fantastic bodily vocabulary of McGregor, we just didn’t get into it at all.
Where does that leave our critical judgement? Can there be an objective opinion about a piece? Eeeek
Check out YouTube vid on Chroma:
After an enthusiastic preview for Londonist, just had to catch up with Theo & Toni. They didn’t disappoint. Carrying off an old fashioned variety show – Magpie – at the Place yet unrelentingly delivering stellar, moving and humourous performances, Probe literally kicked ass and left us beaming. It should always be like this.
YouTube, diggers & cubes all being given away at DU.
Just the sharpest and most amusing dance writing around:
Read it and weep.
Ain’t this the truth:
“When you go to a contemporary dance performance you never know what you’re going to get. A lot of the time it’s rubbish, but some of the time it’s absolute genius.”
Read more over at Article 19
