i went to see pina bausch tonight at Saddlers Wells. This was outside the theatre in the interval. At the average London play there are maybe twenty or thirty people puffing away but, as i’ve noted several times previously, for dance the number is several times larger. Before the show started we saw a film, “coffee with pina” in the studio theatre next door. Pina even smoked whilst dancing.
inside all was well, and “the rite of spring” was incredible. stand out evenings in the theatre, for me at least, seem to come more from dance than from traditional drama.
