Britishness with a difference. Notions of nationality and duty are examined in a trio of works presented as a part of the 'Spring Loaded' season. In Rashpal Singh Bansal's 'Anything…but exotic', three bharata natyam dancers perform classical Indian choreography as an impassioned challenge to the mainstream perception of British Asian dance. Gary Clarke's 'COAL' explores the dark underbelly of the mining industry as five miners hack their way through a soundscape of brass bands and thunderous machinery in a moving demonstration of unity and survival. Critics' Circle National Dance Award nominee Sally Marie presents an excerpt from 'Dulce et Decorum', created for her company Sweetshop Revolution. Three lost wartime Samaritans long to escape their civic lives in a land of hope without glory.
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