Parallel Passions By Jann Parry for The Observer
Mavin Khoo experiments with the combination of ballet and the Indian dance form of bharat natyam in Parallel Passions, the launch programme for his small touring group. Khoo is a hybrid performer, adopting female as well as male personae. In one solo, he can be the Hindu shepherdess, Radha, summoning Krishna; in another, as Gemini (choreographed by Michael Beare), he accommodates courtly Asian and ballet moves for men and women.
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Mavin Khoo By Sanjoy Roy for The Guardian
Mavin Khoo's Parallel Passions is in part a simple reflection of his own history. Khoo trained in both ballet and classical Indian bharata natyam, the bases of this exploration of what he calls the "bilingual body". The prologue wittily juxtaposes the rhythms of Khoo's flat-footed bharata natyam with the pointy tattoo of ballerina Alex Newton's toe-shoes.
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