round and round
Fuerzabruta is absolutely brilliant, albeit a bit too short--after giving a standing ovation, I just didn't feel that I had enough. I first learnt about the performance from this review, and when Michael Billington gives a four-star verdict, I generally believe what he says. The show was kind of like child's play, the delight of seeing something new and strange. We were able to walk around the space, following the acrobats as they ran, fell and danced like zombies. We could touch the giant plastic cloth as it swept above our heads, and we could also touch the pool of human frogs when it lowered from the ceiling. HY interpreted the various scenes as a dream: running endlessly and struggling to cling on in the giant wind. I saw them as a presentation of the human condition: we work and work and work, but it comes down to nothing. As a Londoner I feel truely spoiled: first the elephant, then this magical circus. May I just ask what other tricks can you pull out of your hat to charm me?
Roundhouse
Human frog
Running for no reason
Us in red
Shower
Gormley's red man