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Enter Achilles (DV8) Review - Laura Mathis What a relief it is to be shown a piece of dance where the audience doesn't spend the first ten minutes thinking: 'what the hell is going on?' Instead, DV8's 'Enter Achilles' is drawn from everyday life with instantly recognizable references. Now cut to a 'marmalade' of eight 'straight' men, confined within the four walls of a typical pub; pint in hand, football on screen, the jingle of a fruit machine underneath a cacophony of karaoke and screeching wolf whistles to the blondes outside. Choreographer Lloyd Newson creates an extremely clear interpretation of the typical British 'norms' and its stereotypical views towards the male sex, male behaviour and above all, male relationships. He asks you to consider: 'why is it acceptable for men to do footwork around a football but not to do footwork in dance?' And I ask you: 'what is...

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