“After the interval, the company return for the playful Bates Beats set to the work of Mason Bates who merges tinkly music box sounds with darker dance beats to create a dynamism in the score that McNicol draws into the choreography. As the dancers skitter across the stage in spotlight and smoke effects, Bates Beats is really an anthology piece in which the ensemble is rarely on stage together, appearing in a series of little skits that have a brief but intense presence in the programme.”
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