ROSIE KAY: FANTASIA at Laban
Artists are drawn to the darker side of the human condition – for every enigmatic Mona Lisa smile or Ode To Joy there are any number of...
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DEAF MEN DANCING at Laban
A stunning show at Laban theatre by Deaf Men Dancing contained any number of great moments – but the best for me was a simple...
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AGE AGAINST THE MACHINE at the Albany, Laban and across Lewisham
Age Against The Machine, an epic three-week festival across Lewisham promoting creative ageing, reached its triumphant climax on Sunday...
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LONDON INT SCREEN DANCE FESTIVAL at Laban
Dance films have to be so much more than just performances captured on film – they have to be cinematic artworks in their own right. And...
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TRANSITIONS Dance triple bill at Laban
If you ever wanted an example of the diversity dance is capable of providing you’d struggle to find a better one than Transitions’ triple...
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MAPDANCE at Laban
Humanity at its most primordial was at the heart of three new works performed with great artistry, wit and menace by the Mapdance company...
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VELVET PETAL at Laban
Meaning only reveals itself slowly in great art. But while you are striving to discover it, you can revel in the beauty of the medium....
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FOREFATHERS’ EVE_COPY.DOC at Laban
One of the themes of Polish Dance Theatre’s extraordinary production Forefathers’ Eve_Copy.Doc is that images more accurately express our...
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COLAB 2019 across south-east London
A drag queen outSummering Donna Summer, a Dutch jazz trio jamming with Donald Trump, a Brahms’ hymn and an anti-Brexit rant set to Handel...
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THE BALLET OF THE NATIONS at Laban Theatre
Arthouse films tend to be either great or dreadful with no middle ground, so consciously setting out to make one is a dangerous game. But...
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CABARET at Laban Theatre
A dazzling central performance sent an already great production of the musical Cabaret into artistic orbit at Laban theatre and surely...
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MARINA COLLARD at Laban Theatre
Dance, sound, film and light joined forces in choreographer Marina Collard’s existential investigation entitled What This Is, Is… at...
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TO BE ME - JULIE CUNNINGHAM at Laban Theatre
Contemporary dance is like abstract expressionist art – both are pure forms of collaboration between creator and viewer. This thought...
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GRACEFOOL COLLECTIVE at Laban Theatre
This Really Is Too Much risked being exactly that – too much. Part dance, part spoken word, part slapstick, part feminist tract and all...
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K.R.U.M.P. MACBETH at Laban Theatre
Krump is a form of hiphop street dance from LA that features highly stylised moves designed to echo gang violence, so the bloody story of...
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TRANSITIONS DANCE COMPANY at Laban Theatre
Life as a progression interrupted by brief encounters and occasional relapses was the theme of a Transitions Dance Company triple bill...
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WAYNE MCGREGOR: AUTOBIOGRAPHY at Laban Theatre
World-famous choreographer Wayne McGregor has spent 25 years probing the mysteries of the human soul. His new work, Autobiography, takes...
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