‘Tragédie’ Olivier Dubois — photo François Stemmer
French choreographer Olivier Dubois’ dance work Tragédie has been creating quite a stir. All major papers attended, and there was quite a lot of commotion from publications not usually known for their interest in contemporary dance. Well it was because the dancers were, as my Grandmother would have said, in the nuddy. Always grabs the headlines. Even got me writing this.
As Graham Watts commented in his Dance Tabs review,
That nudity sells seats was yet again proven by the crowded throng at Sadler’s Wells. Never before can I remember seeing a queue for the gents with a longer line than that for the ladies as there was at the end of this show.… [continue reading]
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