Adelaide Fringe
LEWIS MAJOR'S ‘RICH MIX’ AND ‘MALIPHANT X MAJOR’
MAIN THEATRE, ADELAIDE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS REVIEWED FEBRUARY 2024
There was much to appreciate in these interesting mixed bills.
CHOREOGRAPHER Lewis Major presented a number of productions during the 2024 Adelaide Fringe, Rich Mix and Maliphant x Major being just two of them.
Maliphant x Major runs for 50 minutes and showcases three separate works: Two x Two (Maliphant) plus Unfolding and Epilogue (short version) from Major.
For his work, much awarded UK-based choreographer Russell Maliphant has collaborated with lighting designer Michael Hulls, who is credited with the spare, intimate lighting. For this performance, dancers Clementine Benson and Stefaan Morrow flawlessly executed Maliphant’s gestural, restrained but compelling choreography, which was once performed by Sylvie Guillem as a solo version. The contemplative work renders dancers, lighting and sound score (by Andy Cowton) inseparable. The choreography
