• Isabel Bayón: Dju-Dju review – flamenco imp stomps out evil spirits

    Sadler’s Wells, London
    In a flaming red dress, the bold Bayón delivers an eerie show that combines kitsch with horrorWhen the impeccable Isabel Bayón first worked with flamenco maverick Israel Galván on his 2013 show Lo Real, she dared herself to be “bad” – dancing out of rhythm, breaking the rules. She evidently got a taste for it. Bayón commissioned him to create a new work for her and the result is an offbeat, impishly naughty 90 minutes tha
  • Murder, menopause and a boy who barks: the startling world of Yvonne Rainer

    When the iconoclastic choreographer reinvented herself as a film-maker at the turn of the 70s, she opened up a new world of possibilities for her artWhen Yvonne Rainer made the switch from choreographer to film-maker she had no intention of abandoning her role as a provocateur. In her first feature, Lives of Performers (1972), she was a briskly quizzical presence, issuing instructions to the cast and questioning them about their personal concerns. During the opening of Privilege (1990), she smea

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