AKRAM KHAN COMPANY - RUSH

... AKRAM KHAN COMPANY - RUSH Akram Khan's 'Rush' experiments with the concept and images of freefalling, and with that, adrenalin, stillness and speed. His work is disciplined, executed and meticulous with frantic movements blended with elongated, suspended positions and sharp outbursts of stillness. With feet in parallel and a flying, slicing, rebounding arm gesture, Part One Section Two shows the dancers' hands cupped; thumbs tucked in as their arms carve through the space with a feeling of precision. A high pitched, desolate, droning but sporadic bell chimes and with fast paced, controlled, fierce floor rolls (in unison) the lighting is cold and unexpressive with an isolating blue wash staining the stage. The simplicity of this lighting used serves to emphasize the clarified and economical movement - making it clear Akram Khan is concerned with movement and not with toying with ambiguous themes and steps. The dancers' have clean, clear lines,

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