The past really is a foreign country
In the dances of Siobhan Davies, all conventional notions of playing to an audience are eschewed. The performers' gaze rarely travels beyond the boundaries of the stage - their actions seem reined to some impenetrable emotional core. Despite its cool containment, Davies's movement style is...
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| Published in | Independent (London, England : 1986) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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London (UK)
Independent Digital News & Media
23.05.1995
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| Summary: | In the dances of Siobhan Davies, all conventional notions of playing to an audience are eschewed. The performers' gaze rarely travels beyond the boundaries of the stage - their actions seem reined to some impenetrable emotional core. Despite its cool containment, Davies's movement style is one of expansiveness - albeit of a quiet, yearning kind, as demonstrated in her latest work for her seven-strong ensemble, Wild Translations, seen here at the Crucible in Sheffield. |
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| ISSN: | 0951-9467 |