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Annie Griffin and Laura Ford in The Deadly Grove at Third Eye Centre, Glasgow
‘I cut my feet off.‘ Annie Griffin performs this rather gruesome ritual in The Deadly Grove, a new performance created with the sculptor Laura Ford. In the book Red Shoes a little dancer gets her feet cut off because she can’t stop dancing and then floats to heaven. In the Wizard Of 02 a pair of red slippers dance the heroine out of the grasp of wicked witches in forests of lions and tigers and bears to emerald paradise and home. In Giselle the heroine meets an early grave and is recruited by the white-gowned Wilis to capture the soul of her lover. The Griffin and Ford duo enter the forest and the mythology of dance by their own route.
It‘s dark. There are bears about. Five bears made by Ford. ‘We were expecting them to be mate but they’re not. They're a bit bear, a bit dinosaur. They‘re heavy with big bums and yet they look like they‘re trying to fly.‘ Ballerinas try to fly and Griffin continues. ‘Ballet is all aboutthe body making you into something you really are not. It‘s about the illusion of weightlessness. ln Indian dance you use the heel. It's on the ground, but ballet is off the ground.‘
Though their performance takes a peek into the forest of classical ballet, Griffin readily admits that she, Ford and the live others in the cast are not
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two solo pieces, The Deadly Grove is physically as well as textually timed and choreography is a word which she is happy to accept.
And ballet classes have become part of herregularroutine. ‘I do it on an amateur level now and really love it. You maybe feel awful for about four classes and then you do this arabesque
or see someone else doing an exquisite
pour de bras. It's sublime. Still, in the age of choreography it's an awful thing to be a ballet dancer . . . you still can't decide what you do when you present yourself on stage, someone tells you.’
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part by the voice of American dancer Gelsey Kirkland ringing from her autobiography with tales of addiction and self-inflicted physical punishment. The Deadly Grove is a concoction. The 19th century ballet's forest sets take the place of lurking male sexual anxiety where women are predators and animals, even pretty young girls in white become 'scary‘. The ballet dancer on pointe is stumped and yet most girls at some time dream to become one. ‘The piece was driving us crazy. We just didn‘t know where we were. And I suddenly realised that's what it’s all about.‘ There are no Teddy
We agree there are levels of sacrifice, Bears in the woods according to Griffin butGriffin's grove was made deadly in 5 and Ford. (Alice Bain)
26 The List 15 — 28 April 1958
The men growtheirhairtotheirwaist to take on the female parts. The troupe includes an acrobat and a magician. Cymbals, drums, trumpets five feet long and a harmonium accompany the dance of the Bhavai Theatre Troupe from North-West India. This will be the lirsttime thatthis type oftraditional Indian dance will be seen in the UK and it‘s taking place in Edinburgh! Visually beautiful and full of energy they tell the stories of their land without need of translation. A colourful evening notto miss. See listings fordetails. (AB)
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