Barbican, LondonRichard Alston embraces Benjamin Britten's formal vision at a costIn Greek myth Phaedra is the wife of Theseus, who falls in love with her stepson, Hippolytus, and when he rejects her advances, falsely claims that he has raped her " an accusation that will lead to both of their deaths. As last Wednesday's premiere of Richard Alston's new dance work Phaedra demonstrated, it's a tale with very contempor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PM on November 9, 2013