CURIOUS SEED, DAVID HUGHES, SARA CROW
Styles collide in imaginative triple bill
Barcelona, Raymond Carver and an artichoke — even by Dance Base standards, this is one quirky line-up. Scotland‘s National Centre for Dance has six diverse shows to offer Fringe goers, with this exciting triple bill a clear highlight. Rafael Bonachela has joined forces with David Hughes for a new group project. Christine Devaney (pictured) is presenting a solo under her new banner, Curious Seed, with a short dance film by Sara Crow linking the two live performances.
Having asked everyone she knew to send her an object which summed her up, former V-Tol dancer Devaney was inundated with unusual items. Wind-up feet, a pair of knickers and the aforementioned artichoke are just some of the things which have inspired her solo, Almost, but not quite. Sara Crow’s highly acclaimed film, The Smallest Things, takes the novels of Raymond Carver as its starting point while Barcelonan choreographer Bonachela’s new work is purely abstract.
The ex-Rambert dancer recently won the Place Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in contemporary dance. Bonachela also choreographed Kylie’s last two world tours — quite a melting pot of styles to bring to the party. Former Rambert and AMP dancer, Hughes was delighted to have his old dancing colleague involved in the project. ‘I was going to ask Rafael to choreograph something for my last solo show, but I thought I’d wait a while,’ he says. ‘And then before I knew it he was working for Kylie Minogue, winning the Place Prize and getting loads of commissions and I thought I’d missed my chance. But he said he‘d love to create a piece for me, which was great.’ (Kelly Apter)
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