Dance review: Rambert - Edinburgh
Rambert
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
****
At first the movement feels contemporary, dancers entering and re-entering from the side with sharp-edged limbs. Then a balletic flow starts to kick in, most notably from former Scottish Ballet boys Adam Blyde and Luke Ahmet (our loss, Rambert’s immeasurable gain) whose grace knows no bounds.
With just a flick of a hand, however, Jeyasingh’s dance heritage comes into play, and her training in the Indian classical dance style of Bharata Natyam adds another delicious flavour to this clever and engaging work.
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Hide AdAmerican-born, Israeli-based choreographer Barak Marshall also serves up a culturally mixed bag, with similarly successful results – in the dancing at least. The Castaways finds a group of largely unpleasant, one-dimensional characters stuck in a basement, and their own personal hells.
Marshall’s musical choices and choreography are a true joy to behold, let down by text which sometimes amuses but never really moves.
Christopher Bruce, on the other hand, has no need for words – he says everything that needs to be said through his steps.
Set to eight classic Rolling Stones tracks, Rooster is a masterclass in narrative subtlety, the excitement of his choreography embellished by the remarkably high standard of the current crop of Rambert dancers.
Seen on 27.11.14
• Run ends today