Living Image: Chapter 1 review – five days to reanimate a legendary show you’ve never seen

Siobhan Davies Studios, London Watching a group of artists produce new work based on Davies’s 1977 classic Sphinx, which none of them know, makes for a rewarding evening The project: five choreographers create new dances in response to Siobhan Davies’ 1977 solo Sphinx. A potential glitch: they’ve never actually seen Sphinx. The starting point for this year-long project (there will be 20 choreographers by the end) is not a gimmick, but typical of the ever-questioning Davies, now 75, who was one of the pioneers of contemporary dance in the UK. Instead of showing them the dance, Davies talked to

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