In a lot of ways, a production like this is outside my brief.
To start with, no one talks. They dance. They sing. They do the most extraordinary aerial acrobatics. But they don’t talk.
It’s spectacular and beautiful. Director Patrick Nolan brings together the various elements wonderfully. Composer Stefan Gregory and choir director Elizabeth Scott create a fascinating world of sound which choreographer Kathryn Puie’s brilliant dancers inhabit.
It’s a tale of intimacy and desire, though tale is probably too strong a word. The various vignettes, inspired by an enormous breadth of time and place, suggest the connection between courtship and dance.
Photo by Prudence Upton
I began this response with a mischievous admission of inadequacy.
And I’ll end it with another:
The human body; where would we be without it?
Veronica Kaye
Puncture
Riverside Theatre
21- 25 Jan
Theatre Red 