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ENTITY – A DIPTYCH
Two new works from the Royal Ballet's first Resident Choreographer in 16 years Wayne McGregor.
Fresh from his success at La Scala Milan, Paris Opera Ballet and Glastonbury and world renowned for his fierce, frantic and yet tenderly unpredictable choreography, WAYNE MCGREGOR|RANDOM DANCE return to Nottingham Playhouse with ENTITY.
Hyper-limbed dancers move to the propulsive beats of
two of the hottest new musical talents on either side of the Atlantic, Philip Glass and Bjork collaborator Nico Muhly and electronic master Jon Hopkins.
Saturday 10 May at 8pm
‘He's the shot in the arm for ballet companies seeking the next big thing'. The Times
Entity will be danced by extraordinary classically trained, hyper-limbed bodies that will mesmerise you.
For more information check out the links below
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/video/2008/apr/11/entity
http://www.randomdance.org/
See reviews of the tour at:
1. THE OBSERVER, 13 APRIL, 2008
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/dance/reviews/story/0,,2273184,00.html
‘An aesthetic born of our new understanding of the body's capacity for speed, flexion and attack. Some may find it disturbing - McGregor certainly hopes so - but this is the state of the art.'
2. The STAGE, 11 APRIL, 2008
http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/20368/entity
‘Entity is the first genuinely exciting contemporary dance work to be made.'
3. EVENING STANDARD, 12 APRIL, 2008
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/show-23385925-details/Random+Dance%3A+Entity/showReview.do?reviewId=23477091
‘It is a choreographic paradox — awkward and easy, composed and collapsed, tense and relaxed, with the dancers like angels and animals.'
4. THE TIMES, 14 April 2008
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/dance/article3730411.ece
‘He twists dancers' torsos as if they were corkscrews'
5. EVENING STANDARD PREVIEW FEATURE. 1 APRIL, 2008
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23470508-details/Acid+house+at+the+opera+house/article.do
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