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Random Dance ignites atomic blast
Peter Lindley reviews Atomos at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London EC1/Touring
If you can see past the relentless commodification you will be rewarded by enormously powerful work, suggests JENNY MITCHELL
CHRIS SEARLE revels in the one-off collaboration between an American polymath and a British Muslim, and detects the presence of their revolutionary forebear
GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy
BRENT CUTLER welcomes a thoughtful analysis of the Erdogan regime, viewed through the evolving history of a neighbourhood in Istanbul
GORDON PARSONS regrets the price, but is dazzled by an outstandingly ambitious study of the way art restoration in particular, and culture in general was weaponised by the Nazis
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Atomos is the latest work from leading contemporary choreographer Wayne McGregor and, as you’d expect from its title, it’s an exploration of the atomic by the ever-absorbing and technically flawless Random Dance company.
McGregor’s choreography draws on the inner reserves of the 10 dancers in this extraordinary feat of physical endurance. Their dynamic geometric configurations, representing the clashing force fields of mind and body, electrify.
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