Addressing controversial issues are in no way uncommon in the theatre but certain consternation can be caused when discussing topics that are predominately considered indecorous such as fetishism.
Female sexuality and body image are serious topics in modern society but it is a profoundly personal issue. With this in mind, Erin Fowler's latest theatrical dance work Femme is not only topical but deeply personal.
As a teenager, Akram Khan performed in Peter Brook’s seminal work Mahabharata. Now in middle-age, and with residencies at Sadler’s Wells London and Curve Leicester, Khan has revisited this epic in Until the Lions.
Based on the novel by Nobel laureate Mo Yan, Red Sorghum is a wonderful story of a young woman who inherits a distillery making sorghum liquour also known as kaoliang (similar to Japanese Sake). Made into an award winning film by Zhang Yi Mou, this dance theatre adaptation presented by the Song and Dance Theatre of Qingdao Performing Arts Group is a delight to the senses and is perhaps a closer rendition to Mo Yan’s story as per his own admission