Theatre
FAUSTUS PAINES PLOUGH AT ORAN Dundee Rep. Tue 13-Sat 17 Nov. MOB then touring Oran Mor. Glasgow. until Sat 17 Nov (LHNTElIll’Ul’Ai-‘yHANK! jj,‘ ', , ‘ M , M H _,H ‘ . RICHARD ALSTON DANCE COMPANY H , j " j ,, 2 j‘, ' ’ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Tue 13 Nov “. .‘ " : n ' ' :H H v‘ w H} " ‘ ' Music - some choreographers can’t start work without it, while for others ‘2 ‘2 ' z . ~2 2 -' 2 2 : :-« ‘ 2 " ° 2 it‘s the final piece in the jigsaw. But for Martin Lawrance, dancer and ‘ 22 z :2 .. 22 : :2 . z 2. :2 z ' 2: choreographer with Richard Alston Dance Company, it came somewhere in : 2- ' ‘2 I2 2 z .' 2 2- 22 ' 2 :2 w 2 z -2 2 :- between. ‘Usually I start with a piece of music as inspiration,’ he explains. ‘But with 2- 2- 22 2 2 ° l.‘y:2 Brink, the main focus was the relationship between the dancers. And : . 12 .: 2' 2 2 :2 2 E21. .2 originally I wanted to make a small, intense piece forjust two dancers.‘ “ ' 22 ' ~- ' 2 ' ‘ 2 ‘ - ‘ 2 Starting life as a duet, Brink was choreographed to various pieces of " '2 w :22. 22 :22 22 22 22 2 music, none of which were destined to make it past the rehearsal room. v2 .- ° :‘2 :2 2 : - z 2 But the dance suddenly took on a radical new shape, when Lawrance 2 .2 x 2 2 2-2 '2 .' ' '2 w 2 2 happened upon an unusual piece of music in the little known style of :22? 2- : ~- : .:2 2 l 2 » Japanesetango. :“::~ r Y2»«2“ 22. 2 ‘The duet already carried a real sense of tension and passion,‘ says 2‘ -.2 g 22 . -2 .~ in ~ Lawrance. ‘And when I found the Eurasian Tango by Japanese composer ’.' 2 2‘ 22 ' 2 2 2- 2 Ayuo, it just worked perfectly for me. So then I started working with two 2 2 2 ‘ ‘ 2 other couples on two different movements from the suite.’ 22 2-2 2 t :2 2. 2 ‘ 2 2 2 A few years ago, it was unheard of for anybody other than Richard Alston 22 -2 2 :2 2 22 2. 2 2 2 to choreograph work for the company. Lawrance changed all that, and :2 2 2- . .2 . .. : Brink is his fourth creation for Alston‘s dancers. A dancer himself with ° t' -- 2' 2: 22 .22 : 2 t2 3 2» 22 22 ' Alston since 1995, Lawrance knows the company inside out. ‘It feels 2 '2 ' '2 - 22 ‘2 22 22 ' natural for me when | make work on them,‘ he says. ‘I work in a slightly . .2 :2 2 2 '. z -2: ° different way to Richard, yet I feel it complements the company ethos.‘ ' :2 ' 2 ' .2 2 : z -2 -2 2- 2- ' (Kelly Apter) 22 22 2 ‘
FLIGHT RATH Traverse. Edinburgh, Tue 6—Sat 10 Nov
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