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Out of India: Modern Moves
Barbican Centre, London EC2
3/5
ACCORDING to the programme this production aims to shed light on the “effect of capitalism on Indian society” and the first of the three 20-minute long etudes, NH7 by Bangalore-born Deepak Kurki Shivaswamy, promises much.
A comment on India’s rapid urbanisation and the impact it’s having on individuals swept up in sudden change, it has two symmetrically synchronised dancers (pictured)in high-vis building-site vests, embodying harmony and the pride of labour.
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