Resolution 26: Sana El-Wakili, Esther Cheong, Paxton Ricketts
Sound repeatedly insists on being more than accompaniment. It presses into the choreography, shaping timing, attention and pressure on the body
Sound repeatedly insists on being more than accompaniment. It presses into the choreography, shaping timing, attention and pressure on the body
It is still a lovely ballet with a warm child centred approach, designed with flair by Van Schayk.
A concert that mixed dance and music, the latter a little more to the fore… a largely successful and enjoyable programme.
A lot of fun: eighty minutes or so of physical theatre, tricks, impressive acrobatics… includes much of the humour, mischief and anarchy of the TV series
Audrey Nelson is a lovey Clara, capturing that well that moment in life when one is starting to edge into adulthood but still young enough to be childlike
There is a good amount of dancing, which is pretty, well-executed and, very importantly, appeals to its audience.
It does look absolutely terrific. It brims with colour and life at every turn. There’s a light touch to the story and dance… Easy on the eye couple of hours.
Yes, the story is ridiculous… But you still leave the theatre humming those tunes and wanting to see it all over again. Top Hat. Top show.
“…Resists easy categorisation. Neither performance nor talk, it functions as a self-portrait in transition, part experiment, part public reckoning.”
Curiosity and awe arise while observing this being who appears to be suffering in its own stillness, struggling to get out from an invisible restriction
In Mats Ek’s ballet, Nancy Osbaldeston… was a zesty Carmen. She insists on her freedom, seeing herself as equal with the men