Archive - Dance Umbrella 2007

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Siobhan Davies Dance (UK)
Two Quartets (London Premiere)

Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall
Thu 4 - Sat 6 October

Two Quartets is a new production from leading choreographer Siobhan Davies. Presented in two parts, it features eight of the UK’s finest dance artists. Often beautiful and occasionally perplexing, this is an evening of subtle changes and dynamic contrasts. Rhythms, timings and structures create complex patterns while the dancers concentrate on the internal shift between thoughts, images and emotions. Panels of light change in texture and perspectives are altered to reveal the dancers in the space.

This ingenious presentation has been developed in collaboration with composer and musician Matteo Fargion, visual artist Sam Collins, and one of the UK’s most exciting young fashion designers, Jonathan Saunders.

‘Often with a new Davies piece you think she has reached perfection - until you see the next.’ THE SUNDAY TIMES

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