MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
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Rite back atcha
MATTHEW HAWKINS relishes the enduring legacy of the legendary choreographer Pina Bausch, but is in two minds about new mythology-driven works
The Rite of Spring, Edinburgh International Festival
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JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
MATTHEW HAWKINS welcomes an engaging and nourishing account of the queer subculture that flourished in London between WWII and partial decriminalisation
RON JACOBS welcomes the political lessons for today, about organisation and withdrawal from conflict, made by an erudite and conversational biography
GERMAINE ACOGNY is the mother of Contemporary African Dance, among whose achievements is the founding of the Ecole des Sables in Senegal.
Malou Airaudo is a diva of Pina Bausch’s early work, (including Rite of Spring) and a renowned contributor amid the faculty of Folkwang University of The Arts in Essen.
Embodying their spirits and legacies, they perform their co-choreographed duet Common Ground(s) ★★★★★.
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