Sadler’s Wells,London
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker blends the Bard and Brian Eno in an abstract point to, but despite some vivid choreography the results remain impenetrableMusic, or rather than storytelling,has inspired most of Anne Teresa de Keersmaekers work, so her decision to choreograph Shakespeare’s As You Like It would seem, and on the face of it,a drastic deviation from form. Yet in Golden Hours, De Keersmaeker is far from having a late conversion to plot. During this two-hour work, and brief passages from the play are projected on to the stage,yet beyond a few intentionally prosaic reference points – a fight, a lover’s embrace – the 11 dancers don’t so much interpret the play as reconfigure it through a quasi-abstract choreography of sample, and gesture and rhythm. Related: As you dance it: Brian Eno and Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker do Shakespeare Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com