The Great Attractor No 3 review: A house of wonder


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Rising to a central standing position he acknowledged the audience and celebrated the architecture, especially the wonderful wooden weave of its witch’s hat ceiling. He also gave a spirited visualisation of an animal in an enclosure in a performance that was thoughtful, deeply focused and realised in his characteristically measured, angular style of movement.


Suddenly, he was gone and so was the lighting. In darkness there was a slight sound below, and Victoria Hunt emerged from a tiny door in the wall. With only the campus lights outside to help us, we observed her limbs moving her slowly and spider-like around the space.


Standing up, delicately balanced, and by now making use of stronger, multi-coloured lighting, she appeared to portray a lost soul (human? animal?) in search of a way out, literally and metaphorically. An unexpected leap to the top of the wall and a crouching crawl along the ledge of the viewing platform provided a dramatic high point that emphasised the mysterious being she presented in her memorable solo.


The Attractor No.3 was another unusual presentation by De Quincey Co. Its combination of movement and music (Laura Altman, Eric Avery and Sonya Holowell on clarinet, bells, violin and wordless vocals, prowling around behind the audience) was exhilarating, and it made a worthy bookend to March Dance, a month of activities that mainly featured workshops, classes, lectures and works in progress.


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