reviews
Let Me Rest
Let Me Rest is a thoughtful and accomplished contempory dance piece. Two women, dressed identically dance in a piece where movements are broken down, repeated and reshuffled to a shifting soundscape including commands from a spoken voice, roaring electricronica and children singing. The piece is very watchable with strong peformances from both dancers - the relationship between the two women shifts throughout the piece from a competitive, agressive musical-chairs style struggle to separate figures moving in unison and finally compassion as one woman becomes stuck in an exhausting frenzy of repeated movements driven to continue faster and fastser. Great stuff!
Frederica Notley
In a very different venue - ‘The Factory’, a large warehouse on the outskirts of Barnstaple, Let Me Rest was a dance piece performed by two dancers with choreography by Cathy Richards-exploring the theme of status. The show lasted about forty five minutes but I can’t tell for sure because during this piece I entered a kind of dreamtime-barely aware of the surroundings. A spell was woven and it began with a simple contract between the dancers and the audience -so that even those most inured to the lexicon of dance could relate to the theme and the bodies in space exploring it. At the centre of the piece was a real/metaphorical game of musical chairs as the dancers strove for one space time and again-the impact moved from the playful to the wryly philosophical, is this how we spend our lives? Let Me Rest was accessible dance - that strove for clarity without ever becoming simplistic. It was engaging and fun and eventually, when the two dancers stopped competing and found their own spaces, also very moving.
Charles Way
Fri 27.6.08 |
The Factory |
As brilliant, if not better than last year. Very moving. |
Fri 27.6.08 |
The Factory |
It was incredible and very emotional and moving. |
Hannah Parkinson |
Fri 27.6.08 |
The Factory |
Truly amazing, so much so I found my eyes stinging from my fixed gaze. An outstanding performance. |
Fri 27.6.08 |
The Factory |
Amazing performance, never seen anything like it! |
Lauren B |
Fri 27.6.08 |
The Factory |
Gave me goose-pimples, it was so good! Well done xx |
Kat |
Fri 27.6.08 |
The Factory |
Mind blowing |
Emma Dart |
Fri 27.6.08 |
The Factory |
Phenomenal as always – loved it – thank you! |
Julie W |
Sat 28.6.08 |
The Factory |
Amazing! Every show I watch just gets better. Well done! xx |
Ben & Danni (bar staff) |
Sat 28.6.08 |
The Factory |
Loved how you used your research! Well done guys. |
Hayley, Out There |
Sat 28.6.08 |
The Factory |
An amazing piece that really showed how talented Helen and Claire are! |
Steph, Out There |
Sat 28.6.08 |
The Factory |
Fabulous – The only piece of dance that made me cry – you’re both great. Well done. |
Abi, Out There |
Sat 28.6.08 |
The Factory |
Very good. |
Sun 29.6.08 |
The Factory |
Wonderful – you’re all so talented but sound too loud as so often at the Fringe, almost painful and quite distracting. |
David Hurford |
Sun 29.6.08 |
The Factory |
Fantastic. I absolutely loved it. Well choreographed and beautifully executed. |
Michele |
Sun 29.6.08 |
The Factory |
Innovative. Best YoYo so far (I have seen many). Interesting – fab movements. Loved the lighting and music. |
Zoe Felix |
Sun 29.6.08 |
The Factory |
Beautiful, mesmerizing, an absolutely fantastic performance of powerful dance, please share it with the rest of the world!!! My favourite performance of the Festival. |
Sun 29.6.08 |
The Factory |
My favourite piece of the Festival. Well worth coming out on a Sunday for. |
Bret Lodge |
Sun 29.6.08 |
The Factory |
Rock! |
Sun 29.6.08 |
The Factory |
Fabulous stuff. Please keep doing it. |
John Surman |
Sun 29.6.08 |
The Factory |
I need more time to think about it but it certainly struck emotional cords and am not quite sure why. |
Bridget |
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