Mamela Nyamza: Hatched Ensemble review " The Dying Swan in fine feather
Barbican, LondonOpening this year's Dance Umbrella festival, the South African company deliver a distinctive show by the non-conformist choreographer At times, Mamela Nyamza's Hatched Ensemble are bewitching. Take the opening scene, the cumulative power of repetition as Saint-Saëns's The Swan plays over and over while a tableau of 10 dancers slo-mo their way across the back of the stage. The music is from Carnival…