Nov 4, 2017
Yuan Yuan Tan in Russell Maliphant’s Two x Two, Fall For Dance Festival, October 2012. © Xiaojing Wang.
Tan’s regality is amplified here where for Sylvie Guillem the movement could be both elegant and feral. It is a treat to see Tan using her egret-like finery in something else, the choreography – anchoring each dancer beneath a single spotlight – fluid and also unyielding, as if under that spotlight the dancers can only perform these exact moves.