Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet (11.10.12)

To keep some sense of a timeline I am adding a couple of old reviews first!

This is for Cedar Lake in October last year: <http://cedarlakedance.com/>

Overall I thought Cedar Lake pretty good for a company I had never seen before.  Interesting group of dancers – mix of shapes, sizes, backgrounds.

Violet Kid – very Hofesh Schecter.  A lot like Political Mother, but that’s not a bad thing as I loved that!  Less aggressive visually and musically.  Still the same sort of costuming and socks!  What is it with the socks?
Tuplet – Alexander Ekman.   I’m not a great fan of humour in dance pieces so we didn’t get off to a great start.  Still there was some interesting stuff.  Wouldn’t write the whole thing off.
Grace Engine – Crystal Pite.  More socks!  Stark staging.  Industrial soundtrack.  Quite dark, violent.  Some of the moves aren’t pretty but some are innovative and interesting.