With their winning combination of youthful exuberance and astonishing athleticism, NDT2 have wowed UK audiences for the past decade. They fill the stage with feats of virtuoso dancing, and use their bodies in beautiful ways, expressing emotions and feelings way beyond their years. Read more …
This is a company which delights in pleasing its audience and this is clear in every movement they make (and every standing ovation they receive).
The NDT2 dancers were admirable in their dedication to the predictabilities of this programme, ever responsive. All they have to learn now is that there is more to choreography that amateur psychiatry.
The sixteen dancers – mostly in their early twenties – are razor-sharp in both movement and intelligence.
The current company is one of the finest, excelling in physicality, musicality and characterisation.
What does it all mean? With performers as gifted as this Dutch youth squad's, no one cares.
There's a very Parisian freshness and charm about it all, with well-observed vignettes about the boringness of regimented lessons and the fun of cheating in exams. Pace-wise, though, the show could use more light and shade.
It doesn’t take long to realise you’re in the presence of greatness.
The usual superlatives fall flat in speechless admiration.
Nedherlands Dans Theater 2
Stepping into the hothouse
Nederlands Dans Theater 2: 'It was now or never'
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh from Friday March 23, 2012, until Saturday March 24, 2012. More info: http://www.edtheatres.com/festival
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