Giannandrea Poesio

New ideas

Les Ballets C de la B<br /> Sadler’s Wells Theatre Jérôme Bel<br /> Lilian Baylis Studio at Sadler’s Wells

issue 21 February 2009

Les Ballets C de la B
Sadler’s Wells Theatre

Jérôme Bel
Lilian Baylis Studio at Sadler’s Wells

Within the past two weeks Sadler’s Wells played host to two memorable modern dance performances: Pitié! and A Spectator. They could not have been more different, and yet they both showed how, in an arts world plagued by unimpressive imitations and continuous regurgitations of old ideas, there are still those who can break stale moulds and make an impact.

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