2 November 1987 at The Place Theatre, London
Commissioner
Arc Dance Company/London Sinfonietta
Music
Per Norgard
Design
Craig Givens
Choreography
Kim Brandstrup
Lighting
Tina MacHugh
Dancers
Mark Ashman
Bernadette Iglich
Sean Walsh
Arc Dance Company/London Sinfonietta
The Place Theatre, London, November 1987
"Deux ex Machina, is something of a teaser with its decision to explore the world of a creator whose creatures assume lives of their own. There is a bold, cutting score by Per Norgaard, two men and a woman in night clothes and much activity with a silver pendulum and a reflecting sheet of glass on the ground. Ours not to reason the motives of the choreography, which seems obscure, but to admire the images which pin the dance fast, and hold out attention. It is odd, but ultimately gripping. "
Financial Times