Comments on: Review: Sydney Dance Company – Mercury (Kenneth Kvarnström) http://www.trespassmag.com/review-sydney-dance-company-mercury-kenneth-kvarnstrom/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:31:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Al http://www.trespassmag.com/review-sydney-dance-company-mercury-kenneth-kvarnstrom/comment-page-1/#comment-6868 Al Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:13:08 +0000 http://www.trespassmag.com/?p=6562#comment-6868 I love dance and I have really LOVED some of SDC's productions over the last 10 years. This I did NOT love, and I didn't even it like it much. Except for the bunch of feathers dropping down, there was no WOW factor for me. Yes the dancers were good, yes they were beautiful and fluid, yes they had great syncronisation and yes there were some effortless lifts. BUT THERE WERE NO SECTIONS THAT MADE ME SMILE! It was just too clinical. So maybe I am not a dancer and don't appreciate some of the moves they did. And maybe SDC shouldn't DUMB-DOWN the dance for philistines like me... but there were many empty seats in the theatre (and it was Sat, closing night) so maybe they need to think a bit more about what auduences want to see? I love dance and I have really LOVED some of SDC’s productions over the last 10 years. This I did NOT love, and I didn’t even it like it much.

Except for the bunch of feathers dropping down, there was no WOW factor for me. Yes the dancers were good, yes they were beautiful and fluid, yes they had great syncronisation and yes there were some effortless lifts. BUT THERE WERE NO SECTIONS THAT MADE ME SMILE! It was just too clinical.

So maybe I am not a dancer and don’t appreciate some of the moves they did. And maybe SDC shouldn’t DUMB-DOWN the dance for philistines like me… but there were many empty seats in the theatre (and it was Sat, closing night) so maybe they need to think a bit more about what auduences want to see?

]]> By: paperback writer » Blog Archive » Mercury is melting…and so is my patience http://www.trespassmag.com/review-sydney-dance-company-mercury-kenneth-kvarnstrom/comment-page-1/#comment-6638 paperback writer » Blog Archive » Mercury is melting…and so is my patience Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:47:46 +0000 http://www.trespassmag.com/?p=6562#comment-6638 [...] of both stage and dancers served as a metaphor for the open space of confusion in our minds. This review accurately states there should be a limit to the subjectivity art: if something is left too open [...] [...] of both stage and dancers served as a metaphor for the open space of confusion in our minds. This review accurately states there should be a limit to the subjectivity art: if something is left too open [...]

]]> By: Kate http://www.trespassmag.com/review-sydney-dance-company-mercury-kenneth-kvarnstrom/comment-page-1/#comment-6356 Kate Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:01:13 +0000 http://www.trespassmag.com/?p=6562#comment-6356 See great video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88xYWW23XFY See great video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88xYWW23XFY

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