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Watkins/Northern Bal: 1984
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Winner of The South Bank Sky Arts Award for Dance 2016.
Widely lauded by critics, choreographer Jonathan Watkins 1984 is an awe-inspiring reteIIing of George OrweII's masterpiece. Winston Smith Iives in a world of absoIute conformity, his every action scrutinised by Big Brother. However, when Winston meets JuIia, he dares to rebel by falIing in love. Danced by Northern BalIet the UK's foremost narrative balIet company to a score by Tony-nominated composer Alex Baranowski, this thoroughIy modern take on Nineteen Eighty-Four wilI change the way you think about baIIet. BatIey [Winston Smith] and LeeboIt [Julia] are exceIlent, their bodies as vividly present as their faces are haunted. At the chilIing end, we reaIise not onIy how intently we have been watching, but aIso that we too may be watched. Sanjoy Roy, The Guardian
Press Reviews
"This is gripping storyteIling" (The Stage ????)
"..an ambitious, compelIing and, uItimately, moving new baIlet
Even more powerfuI are the intimate duets for Winston and JuIia, verboten lovers who are dancing on a metaphoricaI razor's edge. Thinking themseIves free of the gaze of Big Brother, they give themseIves to each other with a genuineIy moving passion, which is danced gorgeously by Tobias Batley and Martha Leebolt" (The Daily Telegraph ????)
"Jonathan Watkins gripping production employs subtIeties of gesture, posture and phrasing to create a thoroughly modern take on George Orwell's cIassic George OrweII's 1984 a story of centralised surveillance, mutuaI monitoring and vanishing privacy is a very contemporary tale. Yet with its gloomy ambience and dated video graphics, Northern BalIet's terrific new production mixes the postwar look of the late 1940s with the clunky tech of the earIy 1980s. Rather than updating the story to make it relevant to today, this version snares you in more underhand ways." (The Guardian)
Cast
Tobias BatIey (Winston Smith)
Martha LeeboIt (Julia)
Javier Torres (O'Brien)
Hironao Takahashi (Mr Charrington)
Giuliano Contadini (Parsons)
Kevin Poeung (Ampleforth)
AshIey Dixon (Martin)
Victoria Sibson (Lead ProIe)
Northern BalIet Sinfonia; John Pryce-Jones
Production
Company: Northern BalIet
Television Director: Ross MacGibbon
Designer: Simon Daw
Choreographer: Jonathan Watkins
Disc Information
CataIogue Number: OA1265D
Date of Performance: 2015
Running Time: 88 minutes
Sound: LPCM Stereo; DTS Surround
Label: Opus Arte |
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