The Place, London
The choreographer has collaborated with oncologists and others for an examination of cellular death
Sometimes you see shows you don’t enjoy but find you have to admire, for their singularity, their bullish lack of compromise and the commitment of the performers. Léa Tirabasso’s Starving Dingoes is one such show.
Tirabasso had ovarian cancer some years ago, and in the creation of this piece she worked with two oncologists, looking at a kind of cellular death called apoptosis. She’s not the first choreographer to engage in scientific research only to leave you little wiser about it by the end of the show. Such are the limits, often, of contemporary dance.
At the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Brighton, on 9 March
