“James Pett’s Man of the Crowd, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, is a solo that sees him wrestling with identity and self, struggling to be at peace in the world. That sounds like the kind of cliche you read often in earnest dance blurbs, but when Pett does it, you believe him.”
Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian
MAN OF THE CROWD
Commissioned: Fabula Collective
Choreographed: James Pett
Dancer: James Pett
Premiered: Sadler’s Wells, Lilian Baylis Theatre, 8th October
Year: 2019
Composer: Terry Riley & Kronos Quartet, Daniel Bjarnason, Alex Somers,
Sigur Ros
Costume: Yukiko Tsukamoto
Lighting Design: Petr Vocka
Images: Tom Grace & OutLook Production
Programme Notes:
Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, ‘Man of the Crowd’ is an exploration through the observer; a mystery character provoking us to question where we place ourselves, amongst the individual characters in society. Maybe we realise that the unconscious nature within us needs to be a part of the crowd…
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“Ce grand malheur, de ne pouvoir être seul. This great misfortune, of not being able to be alone.”
— Edgar Allan Poe —
