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Conceal/Reveal
Sadler’s Wells Theatre
London EC1
5/5
WHEN Russell Maliphant’s choreography ignites in each of the four classic and new works making up Conceal/Reveal the effect is one of exceptional dancers totally connected in mind and body entering transcendental states.
Accompanied by powerful illusionary lighting and pumping sound, a matrix of intense relationships unfolds, along with motifs of calm usurped by restlessness, solidity surpassed by fluidity and serenity disturbed by angst.
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