Rosie Kay Dance Company – MK Ultra – London
★★★✰✰ Rosie Kay’s MK Ultra is an ambitious project which tackles complex thematic sources – conspiracy theories, brain washing and mind-control, not to mention myths about secret societies such as the Illuminati…
Boris Charmatz / Musee de la danse – danse de nuit – London
★★✰✰✰ The whirling speech is often hard to decipher – the dancers are always in motion, their words thrown at whoever is nearest, the acoustics are terrible, and their French accents are very heavy.
Rosie Kay Dance Company – MK Ultra – London
★★★✰✰ Kay has produced a visually exciting and sexy work based on a theory that is all clearly nonsense.
Rosie Kay on her new MK Ultra – exploring the world of conspiracy theory and the Illuminati
Not heard of the Illuminati and the New World Order? Read on for a fascinating take on alternative news and brainwashing… and also a terrific record of just how a piece of dance gets created.
Company XIV – Snow White – New York
★★★✰✰ “But it turns out that the pleasures of excess are really not enough to hold one’s interest if the underlying material is thin.”
Chase Johnsey, Dancer, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Yet again the Trocks had a fabulous critical reception during their Autumn UK tour and mentioned in nearly every review was Chase Johnsey, or in Trocks speak their petite ballerina Yakatarina Verbosovich. So what makes Chase/Yakatarina tick? Time for an interview…
