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Dance of delirium from depths of the soul
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GORDON PARSONS regrets the price, but is dazzled by an outstandingly ambitious study of the way art restoration in particular, and culture in general was weaponised by the Nazis
Betroffenheit
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London EC1
4/5
BETROFFENHEIT, co-devised by choreographer Crystal Pite and actor Jonathan Young, mines personal trauma and the subsequent disturbance giving rise to an altered state of dependency as its subject matter.
The production is a delirious experience, with a “show-time” of acts jacked-up by post-shock delirium.
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