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The evening consists of eight short pieces drawing inspiration from a range of stimuli, from love, to astrology, to war, interspersed by six informal house lit solos, developed by each dancer from source videotaped steps.

Some of the movement was clearly choreographed by dancers for dancers; the scope for challenging movement was high, although the flow and consistency of pieces as a whole may have been somewhat stilted. However, these dancers could do even bad choreography justice it is always a pleasure to witness their incredible strength, flexibility, vigour and speed.

The first of the highlights of the evening was Cameron Macmillan's Triptych a cool calm and collected, sexy piece. The movement was definite and rigorous, there was a good chemistry between the dancers and a good pace to the piece, complimented by an excellent Serge Gainsbourg soundtrack Bonnie and Clyde.

Megumi Eda's 8.15 is another piece worth a mention. An attempt to understand war, the choreography uses shoes and shirts, anguish and humour set to the sounds of a heartbeat and a Japanese broadcast.

Unfortunately the lowlight of the evening comes with Mirror in the Mirror by Miranda Lind. Her tender duet set to Arvo Part's Spiegel Im Spiegel is certainly an aesthetically pleasing piece, but for anyone who s ever seen Mats Ek's Smoke, it seems like a cheap pop re-mix. The duet form more than highlights the parallel with Sylvie Guillem and Nikolas Ek, to whom (lets face it) no-one can compare.

However, the evening was redeemed with Rafael Bonachela's Sweetness. The movement moved in fits and starts to upbeat music by Fischerspooner. You can usually tell a good piece from where it is placed in the program, and this was certainly no exception.