Falling Man review by Small Petit Klein Dance, Jo Thorne ON Tour Rural Arts

18/08/11

SmallPetitKlein in ‘Falling Man’ at Dance Base

I have seen SPK’s work before and ‘Falling Man’ a solo for dancer Tom Pritchard was exceptional.

A beautiful solo depicting a falling man who had been photographed jumping from the World Trade Centre on September 11th. 

The piece was beautifully choreographed and debated the public’s reactions to the approximate 200 people who jumped from the towers and the controversy that surrounded it. Did they ‘fall’ or were they ‘jumping’?

Tom’s solo was engaging and sensitively performed. The manipulation of the spine throughout gave a real sense of flight and falling.

The lighting throughout the piece was also very effective as well as the use of spoken text from the dancer.

A highly moving piece of dance that would be worth programming.

I spoke to the director Thomas Small who informed me the piece could be adapted for Rural Touring and the company would be happy to tour on the Rural Touring Circuit.