In creating Brocade the Edinburgh-based choreographer Roberta Jean was responding to modern day notions of craft and physical work.
Employing a cast of female dancers, Brocade is performed on a traverse catwalk, with the Lilian Baylis audience sitting alongside very much as if they were watching a fashion show.
Featuring live music by violinist Angharad Davies, Brocade evolves as something between a procession and a concert, with the dancers skipping and skimming to a rhythmic cadence of beats and jumps.
As alliances form and dissolve, it becomes clear that what is being recreated is the precision, strength and delicacy of a piece of lace.
Of Brocade Roberta Jean says it ‘weaves our diverse skills as threads to make a whole.’
An intriguing proposition and surely enough to pique our curiosity…
Free post-show talk: Thursday 31 May
| What | Roberta Jean, Brocade, Lilian Baylis Studio |
| Where | Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN | MAP |
| Nearest tube | Angel (underground) |
| When |
31 May 18 – 01 Jun 18, 20:00 Dur.: TBC |
| Price | £17 |
| Website | Click here to book via the Sadler's Wells website |