Drink, relax and lose yourself in the dance as the evening unfolds around you.
More immersive installation than dance piece, la nuit intime is an homage to the night. Set in nightclubs and other nocturnal haunts, this is an underground world where boundaries dissolve and fantasies are made flesh. Performers flow between the spectators as the spectacle washes over them; witnessing incredible physicality, vulnerability and polysexual eroticism from an intimate perspective, no two people will have the same experience. Read more …
The pick-and-mix selection of dance styles, from ballet to roller-skating, pole-dancing and east-European folklore, is tenderly echoed in the carefully chosen, eclectic soundtrack and exquisite costumes. Prepare yourself for one of the most sensuous, otherworldly experiences possible.
Founded in 1993 by award-winning choreographer Liv Lorent, balletLORENT’s productions have been seen across the world, consistently selling out and stunning dance veterans and virgins alike.
While there are echoes of those past glories in la nuit intime, they are few and far between.
The poor sight-lines along with its duration leaves this production feeling arduous and, at times, a tad disappointing.
La Nuit Intime is a piece at odds with itself; baggy and unfocused, sometimes striking but mostly a slog. Potentially atmospheric as a barroom sideshow, pretty banal as main stage spectacle.
Liv Lorent, of balletLORENT--interview
Ballet Lorent bring highly charged dance performance to Glasgow
la nuit intime
The Arches, Glasgow from Monday November 14, 2011. More info: www.thearches.co.uk
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from Friday November 18, 2011, until Saturday November 19, 2011. More info: www.traverse.co.uk
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