Room 2 Manoeuvre: Watch it!/Such a Bloke

A dynamic double bill of dance solos performed by break-dancer and choreographer Tony Mills

With fresh and audacious attitude, ‘Essential’ Tony Mills tackles challenging common themes through intelligent dance theatre and cutting-edge technology. Highly charged and contrasting in style, both pieces assert powerful choreographic language and technique. Read more …

‘Watch iT!’ is a multi media dance odyssey and one man’s love / hate relationship with his TV, expressed through a striking mix of break-dance, physical theatre and cutting-edge animation from Nexus Digital media.

‘Such A Bloke’ by award winning choreographer Janis Claxton, is an emotionally driven, semi autobiographical look into Tony’s experiences of futility and frustration as a bloke.

With strong and surprising soundtracks, the pieces demonstrate Tony’s versatility and vulnerability whilst pushing inimitable physical extremes and keeping the narrative integrity of the pieces. This is undulating work, powerfully dynamic to soft and sincere.

More information on this production is available at www.r-2.m.net.

The critical consensus

Tony Mills is on the road with a new solo show that sees him side-stepping away from any stylistic pigeon-holing, proving en route that the humour, the finesse and showmanship that he brings to break-dancing are all transferrable to other forms.

(*) Mary Brennan, The Herald, 08/10/2010