Anna Brady Nuse on Cast No Shadow during Performa 07 at BAM
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Anna Brady Nuse / Move the Frame
Filmmaker: Isaac Julien
Choreographer: Russell Maliphant
Filmwork for multidisciplinary performance: Cast No Shadow
Event: Performa07
Venue: BAM Harvey Theater
Date: November 6, 2007
"Last night I saw Isaac Julien's Cast No Shadow, created in collaboration with choreographer Russell Maliphant, at BAM as part of the Next Wave Festival and PERFORMA07. Like Claudia La Rocco's review in the New York Times from Nov 8th, I was ecstatically overwhelmed by Julien's films, and frustratingly underwhelmed by Maliphant's choreography." Read review...
Tags: BAM, Isaac Julien, Performa 07, Russell Maliphant
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You're absolutely on target about the woeful deficiency in Maliphant's choreography. Julien's film work is so eye-popping good, so poetic, you wonder what this work could have been with dance that could hold its own.