The Cost of Living

May 29, 2005

0h 35m

★ 5.5

Overview

A disparate group of dancers, preferring to express themselves through dance rather than speech, clash with each other and members of the local community.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

DV8 Physical Theatre

The Cost of Living Trailers

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Cast

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Jose Maria Alves

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Gabriel Castillo

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Robin Dingemans

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Tom Hodgson

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Eddie Kay

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Tanja Liedtke

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Eddie Nixon

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Kareena Oates

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Rowan Thorpe

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David Toole

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Vivien Wood

Voice Over

John Avery

In the spring of 1913, Parisian businessman Gabriel Astruc opens a new theater on the Champs Elysées. The first performance is the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring', danced by the Ballet Russes. The rehearsal process is extremely fraught: the orchestra dislike Stravinsky's harsh, atonal music; the dancers dislike the 'ugly' choreography of Vaslav Nijinsky. The volatile, bisexual Nijinsky is in a strained relationship with the much older Sergei Diaghilev, the Ballet Russes' charismatic but manipulative impresario. Public expectation is extremely high after Nijinsky's success in 'L'apres-midi d'un faune'. Finally, 'The Rite of Spring' premieres to a gossip-loving, febrile, fashion-conscious Parisian audience sharply divided as to its merits.

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