Marking Time review – Nico Muhly inspires a brilliant night of beguiling dance
Sadler’s Wells, LondonA trio of choreographers respond to Muhly’s vivid scores with works that veer from the meditative to the macabreIf you thought we had exhausted shows that were postponed...
By Lyndsey Winship · The Guardian Culture
Sadler’s Wells, London A trio of choreographers respond to Muhly’s vivid scores with works that veer from the meditative to the macabre If you thought we had exhausted shows that were postponed by Covid, here is one more. The Composer series at Sadler’s Wells presents a night of new choreography set to the work of a single composer and this time it’s the turn of American Nico Muhly, no stranger to the world of dance. Three very different choreographers tackle his music: Jules Cunningham, Maud Le Pladec and Michael Keegan-Dolan. The first two have broadly similar approaches. The dance listens closely to the endlessly imaginative textures of the score and chooses when to mimic – a shake of the knees to match a vibrato string, for example – and when to diverge. Continue reading...