Ace Dance - Skin
- Management:
- Ace Dance
- Cast:
- Marcia Edwards, Keisha Grant, Gwyneth Noot-Griffiths, Luyanda Sidiya, Elena Zaino, Thoko Seganye
- Director:
- Gail Parmel
- Choreography:
- Akiko Kitamura/Vincent Mantsoe
- Musical direction:
- Ian Parmel
- Website:
- click here
Production information can change over the run of the show.
The two halves of this show could not be more contrasting in style and content. The first piece, Blind Trip, choreographed by Akiko Kitamura from the Leni-basso Dance Company of Japan, is blisteringly white, sterile and unemotional. The dancers are put into boxes of white light where their movements become restrained and restricted, never quite going anywhere and never intentionally connecting with each other. The soundtrack is relentless and jarring on the ears - at one point I had to put my fingers in my ears. ACE Youth Company performed an excellent piece called Ubuntu Bam, an energetic and visually pleasing piece which was well performed with some great young dancers making their mark...
Run sheet
- Purcell Room, Southbank Centre London
- April 15-16
- Christ's Hospital Theatre Horsham
- April 18
- Brewery Arts Centre Kendal
- April 22
- Malvern Theatre Malvern
- April 23-24
- Arts Centre Darlington
- May 1
- DanceXchange at the Patrick Centre Birmingham
- May 6
- Wyvern Swindon
- May 9
- Northcott Exeter
- May 12
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