Press
ON DAVID HUGHES
“It’s not often you get this close to big-stage brilliance” – The Sunday Herald
“The solos are such a box of goodies you are spoiled for choice – a great vehicle for Hughes’s dramatic expression” – The Guardian
“David Hughes is widely acknowledged as one of the most gifted contemporary dancers around” – The Guardian
“Unique in the modern dance world….muscular, serene sensuality, fluidity, off-the-wall theatricality…a versatility rare among British dancers today. Not since the days of Nijinsky and Pavlova has such a starry showcase toured Britain” – Scotland on Sunday
“A national treasure…how differently he performs from any other male dancer of his generation.” – The Guardian
“Hughes merely emphasises his standing as one of Britain’s finest contemporary dancers.” – The Stage
“It is always a joy to see a superb artist in control of his craft” – The Stage
“Hughes’s approach is to slip neatly under the skin of a dance and make it his own.” – The Guardian
“…sheer strength and hard-won technique…impossible to take your eyes off him.” – The Scotsman
“A sensitive, highly focused dancer, who performs with great passion and volcanic, yet controlled power.” – The Yorkshire Post
“Stunning, unnerving and exquisitely performed.” – The Herald
“This stocky, bullet-headed dancer has an astonishing range – so delicately articulate, so fluid, so massively forceful that is sometimes feels as if there were a crowd on stage rather than one lone performer” – The Guardian
“a dazzling flurry of speed, precision and poise – stunning.” – The Herald
“a lesson in the best of contemporary dance.” – The Stage
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ON THE COMPANY
“David Hughes Dance has rapidly become one of the dance world’s hottest Scottish tickets. Their alliance with the Traverse Theatre sees them move to the next level.” – Suite 101.com
“Funny, crude and disturbing – this production stands out.” – The Skinny (*****)
“Well-crafted, resonates with wit & intelligence and the kind of cross-genre integration that so much dance-theatre fails to achieve. Catch it if you can.” – The Herald (****)
“Fast-moving, dramatic, performed with demonic energy and sly polish – this is a triumph for all concerned – it has to tour.” – The Herald (****)
“Intense and complex… performed flawlessly.” – The Financial Times (****)
“Savage and elegant dance theatre.” - The Guardian (****)
“the stage overflowed with diversity…Hughes has struck gold!” – The Scotsman (****)
“Highly skilled, visually exciting and sinister.”- EdinburghGuide.com (****)
“The performances are masterful in their control…bold, vulgar, decadent and cruel…both serene and visceral…stunning piece of work.” – Thom Dibdin, The Stage
“It’s a daring piece of physical theatre, a new departure and a great homecoming” – Yorkshire Evening Post (****)
“Everything contemporary dance should be ….And the truth is, the jerking, staring-eyed zomboids convulsing across the floor like dying slugs…have been stalking my nightmares ever since.” – The Highland Free-time
“Dripping decadence and cruelty, it seduces and manipulates its audience as expertly as Prince Prospero trifles with his courtiers. Nasty in the nicest possible way.” – The Guardian
“The Red Room is perhaps as far removed from Balanchine as it is possible to get without losing the heart of dance. It is this heart that makes this production stand out.” – The Skinny
“There has been a renaissance in Scottish dance over the past decade…with Hughes adding to the mix, and locating himself on the east coast, he becomes another link in a chain of excellence.” – Suite 101.com
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REVIEWS OF THE RED ROOM
www.theskinny.co.uk/article/96437-the-red-room
www.allthefestivals.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/review-the-red-room-traverse-theatre/
www.ft.com/cms/s/2/41e63b8e-868e-11de-9e8e-00144feabdc0.html
www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/aug/13/the-red-room-edinburgh-review
www.theherald.co.uk/features/features/display.var.2524817.0.Fringe_DancePhysical_Theatre.php
www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2009/edinburghfringe/theredroom
www.edinburgh-festivals.com/viewreview.aspx?id=467
www.hi-arts.co.uk/default.aspx.locid-hianewpl7.Lang-EN.htm
www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/25646/the-red-room-david-hughes-dance
