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Alonzo King Lines Ballet
Opens: 26/08/2010 Closes: 29/08/2010
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
This San Francisco-based international touring group makes its UK debut with an engaging double bill. Dust and Light honours the lyrical intricacies of composers Arcangelo Corelli and Francis Poulenc, while Rasa is a surprising collaboration between contemporary ballet and classical tabla rhythms, aided by Grammy winner Zakir Hussain.
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The Stage“The long-awaited UK debut of the acclaimed San Francisco dance company...” Both pieces are captivating in their own way, with the latter piece just having the edge in terms of its fusion of performance and music and its sheer visual spectacle...
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The Independent“King rarely lets his sleek dancers move at full stretch...” King stops winding his dancers around each other and finally lets them dance, with big jumps and fast turns. The dancers pounce on this opportunity, finally allowed to let rip...
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The Telegraph“Neither work has much texture or momentum...” One protracted duet of dominance and submission is monotone in its slow unravelling; the faster movements are frenetic without ever attaining much coherence. It is a waste of the fine company King has built...
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Guardian“The monotony of the work's scale becomes numbing...” We get little sense of the dance developing with the deeper structures of the music, and no sense of a final destination. King's choreography is easy on the eye, but it's all too easy on the brain as well...
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