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The Aluminum Show | Reviews

REVIEWS

Scotsman - 13th June 2008
TOP 60 HOTTEST SHOWS AT EDINBURGH FRINGE 2008

EACH year at the Fringe there are a handful of shows that prompt "have you seen … ?" conversations between friends. The Aluminum Show looks set to be one of them. Created by Israeli choreographer, Ilan Azriel, the production has multi-generational appeal and no shortage of the wow factor, fusing dance, movement, special effects and aluminium of every shape and size. You'll never look at metal in the same way again. KA

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another source - 7th July 2007
"AN EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE"

La Tribune Newspaper (France), Performance Review 26/7/07

It is impossible to even try classifying The Aluminum Show, besides saying that it is pure pleasure. It is dancing without being dancing, misappropriation of objects, puppets, frenzy, joy, humor, poetry, fantasy, illusion, a modern enchantment in between industrial matter and human bodies.
It is a “popular” show in the true meaning of the term that every man jack can see and enjoy it, whatever his age and culture, and you don’t feel the time passing. Between jiggling tubes, flying pillows, pieces of aluminum that occupy the stage and the rows of seats, the genius dancers, both athletes and acrobats, evolve and bring to life all these matters. A riot of special effects, weird mechanics, perfect lighting, breathtaking direction, we wonder how Ilan Azriel, the idea man of the show, could have imagined and carried through all this, even helped by Yval Kedem, a special effects’ expert.
There is only one regret though, that the performance in Vaison will be the only show of this Israeli troupe in France. Their shadows will hang over for a long time for this unforgettable show.


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