Kenneth Johnson and Yolanda Lowatta in Danse Noir. Image supplied
One of the most intensely physical of all the performing arts, dance is also perhaps the most sensual. As George Bernard Shaw once famously said, ‘Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire legalised by music.’ For her latest work at Brisbane’s Judith Wright Centre, choreographer Penelope Mullen connects with the art form’s primal roots to create Danse Noir, an audacious and intoxicating mix of lust and longing, power and pride, obsession and possession that’s sure to get audiences just a little hot under the collar.
