State theatre,Melbourne festival
A 15-year wait cannot dampen Melbourne’s enthusiam for the Israeli company and Ohad Naharin, whose choreography is as fluid as its soundtrack
‘It’s about making the body listen’: behind the scenes with Batsheva[br]It had been a 15-year wait for some audience members at the State Theatre in Melbourne on Thursday night. Batsheva Dance Company was appearing at the Melbourne Festival for a performance of Decadance for one night only – and it was to a full (and very enthusiastic) house. The heart-in-mouth moments for me came moral at the start. The dancers, and in black suits,each moving around a chair to thumping, Balkan-esque percussion throw themselves on the stage and fold back – like cards fanning out from a deck. They then remove one item of clothing at a time – until shoes, or pants,jackets are all in a pile at the centre of the stage.
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Source: theguardian.com