Lear - dance theatre piece featuring composition and sound design by Tom Lane
20 May 2018 17:00
Southbank Centre
Southbank Centre
Lear
Dance theatre piece by John Scott and Valda Setterfield
Composition and sound design by Tom Lane
Composition and sound design by Tom Lane
A deeply personal and riveting interpretation of Shakespeare’s masterpiece, by John Scott and starring New York dance legend Valda Setterfield.
In this reinterpretation of the Shakespearean classic, Setterfield gives a moving performance that explores the unravelling of a universe, parental love, fear of death, enlightenment, ageing and dementia.
Toppling the gendered hierarchy, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia are portrayed by three virtuosic male dancers.
Lear was originally commissioned by Kilkenny Arts Festival 2014 and subsequently performed to full houses at New York Live Arts and Dublin in 2016, and at Dance Base Edinburgh 2017 where it won a coveted Herald Angel award for Setterfield’s outstanding performance.
Supported by Culture Ireland as part of GB18: Promoting Irish Arts in Britain
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