The forty year celebration of Sheffield based Forced Entertainment comes to a close with six performances of If All Else Fails at the Battersea Arts Centre.
It’s interesting to consider that ballet began its development in the mid 16th century, however it wasn't until around 400 years later that BIPOC (American) dancers Maria Tallchief, Raven Wilkinson and Arthur Mitchell, first joined ballet companies.
One person shows aren't easy things to do, and the Theatre Royal Drury Lane is a big space to fill, so Maria Caruso has all the cards stacked against her for her new solo performance Incarnation.
Since 2007, Bold Tendencies has been bringing “radical practices, new generations of talent, learning opportunities and sought-after disciplines to Peckham” - and judging by the performance I saw: Julia Bullock and Bretton Brown, the original mission is still very much in full swing.