{"id":4034,"date":"2012-11-02T02:05:16","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T09:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forallevents.com\/reviews\/?p=4034"},"modified":"2012-11-20T12:53:14","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T20:53:14","slug":"russell-maliphant-company-afterlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forallevents.com\/reviews\/russell-maliphant-company-afterlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Maliphant Company: AfterLight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russell Maliphant Company
Thomasin G\u00fclge\u00e7 and Gemma Nixon in AfterLight
Photo: Dana Fouras<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dynamic New Dance Work from London<\/h1>\n

Opening Night of the London based Russell Maliphant Company\u2019s new dance work titled AfterLight <\/em>on October 13, 2012, presented by San Francisco Performances at the Lam Research Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, glowed very warmly.<\/p>\n

AfterLight<\/em> is co-produced by the Russell Maliphant Company and London\u2019s prestigious dance venue Sadler\u2019s Wells, where it had it\u2019s world premiere on September 28, 2010. Maliphant directed and choreographed this work that comprises several parts set to Erik Satie\u2019s beautiful Piano Music: Gnossiennes 1 \u2013 4 and Original Music by Andy Cowton.<\/p>\n

Originally trained in ballet Maliphant danced with the Sadler\u2019s Wells Royal ballet for several years. He has since danced with DV8 Physical Theatre, Michael Clark & Company, then created his own company and set works on renowned artists and companies including Sylvie Guillem, Robert Lepage, Ballet Boyz and Lyon Opera Ballet.<\/p>\n

AfterLight <\/em>is not a story ballet. <\/em>Malipant describes it as a Nijinsky inspired piece he developed while working closely with Lighting Designer Michael Hulls, that is more about \u201cpainting in space\u201d with the dance flowing through space and light, expressing elements from photos of the legendary dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. Maliphant and Hull worked at first by improvising light and dark elements to produce a \u201cshower of light\u201d with projections and animations (by Jan Urbanowski & James Chorley) to explore the movement and light together, before refining the choreography for an audience.<\/p>\n

As an interesting aside, not all of the music choices were made before the dances – some music was selected after the dance and light choreography, according to Maliphant. This is extraordinary, because the choreography as a whole seems to respond to the music – and the one complements the other incredibly well.<\/p>\n

Malipant\u2019s choreography melds traditional dance to his interests in physical movement and bio-mechanics. AfterLight, with <\/em>Costume Design by Stevie Stewart, <\/em>is an exquisite one hour performance of ephemeral, sculptural, meditative, muscular movement, which resonates from the three outstanding dancers, Silvina Cort\u00e9s, Thomasin G\u00fclge\u00e7 and Gemma Nixon to produce a dynamic and stirring audience experience.<\/p>\n

The Russel Maliphant Company is currently touring internationally and will perform The Rodin Project<\/em> in New York City December 3, 5-9, 2012.<\/p>\n

San Francisco Performances upcoming November events include:<\/p>\n