What do you think about China? What makes you happy? What do you think of women's rights? These are three questions that you will be asked by the dancers of 'Potato Country', so bear them in mind. They probably define you as a person, or at least Gunilla Heilborn would have you think so, as the cast eye you directly, dancing, marching and firing off questions. Their disjointed dance piece aims to explore what makes happiness, perhaps by looking at the Swedish love of melancholy (as they phrase it). They do this by presenting a bunch of hopeless-looking people whose awkwardness at dancing is probably intentional. But ultimately, there's too much of that and not enough of the happiness.
Dance Base - National Centre for Dance, 13 - 20 Aug, times vary, £5.00, fpp 152
tw rating: 2/5
The original review is here.
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