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A Blazing Inferno Of Bodies

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A Blazing Inferno Of Bodies

IN FLAGRANTE – By Mary Jane O’Reilly


Tempo is proudly part of the REAL New Zealand Festival

In Flagrante is Mary Jane O’Reilly’s modern and beautifully deviant take on the burlesque revival; six exquisite dancers caught in the act with a fetish for leather, nudity in public and a wild equestrian spirit.

This work takes Mary Jane back to her roots as choreographer and artistic director of the seminal Limbs Dance Company, whose exuberant signature style was their highly developed sense of satire and superb technical execution, with a genius for slapstick physical theatre.

Mary Jane’s cryptic eye for comedic and satiric juxtaposition makes In Flagrante a heady, exhilarating and very sexy romp through some deliciously dark territory.

‘I wanted to repudiate some of the orthodoxies of burlesque female sexuality; that women are capable of being bad, not just coquettish avatars,’ says Mary Jane who has structured In Flagrante into eleven, short pieces to the music of quirky Austrian cabaret group Waldeck.

The result is a truly unique burlesque experience.

Playwright Michelanne Forster agrees: The humour, sub-text, intelligence and sexiness shone through every move. It was a totally slick and well-thought out programme.

Celia Walmsley, Wellington St James Theatre programming manager found In Flagrante equally captivating: The dancers are superb, choreography is fresh and exciting, the music is perfect and the costumes gorgeous....... dirty, but classy.

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In Flagrante: Friday 30th September, 10pm, Saturday 1st October, 8pm and 10pm (Q Loft)
Q – 305 Queen Street
www.qtheatre.co.nz, booking line 09 309977

Tempo – New Zealand’s Festival of Dance runs from September 30th to 8th October 2011
For more information (including mailing list subscription for programme updates and ticket offers) visit
www.qtheatre.co.nz www.tempo.co.nz

Tempo 2011 is supported through funding from the NZ 2011 Festival Lottery Fund.

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