The Judgement of Paris

Saucy, gilded reinterpretation that uses Baroque dance and can can to turn the Greek myth into a meditation on femininity. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'

The Judgment of Paris

The Judgment of Paris

Can Can, corsets and high camp

(4 stars)7 Aug 2008

With sculpted, Harlow-platinum wigs, gorgeously gilded corsetry and tongues in cheeks firmly set to ‘high camp’, this riotous piece of dance theatre by Company XIV merges Baroque dance forms, Can Can and contemporary ballet to music by Offenbach and…

The Judgment of Paris

The Judgment of Paris

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

22 Jul 2008

Brigitte Bardot, Marlene Dietrich, Helen of Troy, Marilyn Monroe: icons each and every one of them, all famed for their beauty. For the Fringe debut of Brooklyn dance team Company XIV, artistic director Austin McCormick plans to lay on a paean to the…

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