Blush

Containing a frog-drinking scene (yes, you read that right), choreographer Wim Vandekeybus’ film Blush was not for the weak of stomach, yet while it was disturbing, it was also sensual and visually powerful with raw cinematography enhanced by a throbbing rocky soundtrack. The film explored the nature of love, death, sexuality and humanity with references to Greek mythology, using the dual locations of brutalist Brussels and jungle-like Corsica to represent dichotomies between underwater and dry land, life and death, paradise and hell, with the dancers metamorphising stunningly into animals and fish and back to human beings. The dance was much better than the rather weak narrative, but the themes were clear.

Duke’s at Komedia, 12 May 2014

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