Reviews
Tero Saarinen Dance company, Next of Kin, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
Londondance.com, May 26, 2008, editor: Victoria Hill (in English), 2008-07-29 13:09:16“In terms of dance intelligence, the way these dancers exhibit their bodies in motion, is mesmerising owing to the musical aesthetic, new technology lighting but mostly the use of unique three dimensional, enthralling materials in the costume and set. The movement vocabulary is hardly technical or celebratory but then it is an error to suppose that dance should be taken for its overall impact rather than its intrinsic qualities. Next of Kin is dark and very cliché film-noir, but also an open ended, risk-taking creation that will help ensure the doors will not shut on the future of dance as an art form.”
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Among many mediocre performances, there was one truly valuable premiere
Lietuvos Rytas, May 12, 2008, editor: Vita Mozuraite (in English), 2008-07-29 12:43:56"BRILLIANT. -- The premiere of Tero Saarinen’s Next of Kin was a truly valuable and compelling performance. -- Saarinen speaks of people’s inner demons and fears in a style drawing heavily from silent horror films. -- The most important aspect was the unified entirety –-- it is very rare to see such unity of a dance performance, where none of its elements are above the others."
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Saarinen's choreography like a film
Helsingin Sanomat, May 13, 2008, editor: Auli Räsänen (in English), 2008-07-29 12:36:55"Saarinen’s expressive work journeys into the collective unconscious --- Saarinen is a chameleon, whose works keep the same starting point – a defense of humanity – while being given variable accents. --- even though expressionism generally primes us to face horror and anguish, the expression here takes us towards the comic. The dividing line between the two is a thin one. Horror can swiftly turn into its opposite and force out a burst of uncontrolled laughter."
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Saarisen koreografia on kuin elokuvaa
Helsingin Sanomat, May 13, 2008, editor: Auli Räsänen (in Finnish), 2008-07-29 12:28:34”Saarisen ekspressiivinen teos sukeltaa kollektiiviseen alitajuntaan --- Saarinen on kuin kameleontti, jonka teosten lähtökohta – inhimillisyyden puolustaminen – säilyy mutta saa vaihtuvia painotuksia.”
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