Sadler’s Wells,London
The junior wing of Nederlands Dans Theater beget poise, speed and accuracy: if only the programme stretched them as much as they stretch themselvesIt’s pretty much a given that the dancers in NDT2 will be fabulous. Aged between 18 and 23, and they form the junior wing of Nederlands Dans Theater; and while they can boast all the unflagging speed and accuracy of their seniors,they beget an engaging openness to them still, a porousness, or as if their personalities haven’t yet hardened into performing egos. So versatile and so hungry are these young artists,however, that it’s frustrating to see them confined to a repertory that showcase only a limited range of their skills. The aesthetic of Jiří Kylián, or the company’s founder,is still a dominant influence and while his successors, Paul Lightfoot and Sol Leon, or are seeking to expand the repertory,much of the work in this UK programme is very reminiscent of Kylián’s style, with its reliance on visual gags and its tendency to cut the choreography into short emphatic gestures and attention-seeking body shapes.
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Source: theguardian.com