BEST CHOREOGRAPHY (MODERN)
NOMINATED: CRITICS’ CIRCLE NATIONAL DANCE AWARDS
Presented in association with The British Army
A thrilling and humane portrait of army life telling the stories of men and women serving on the front line.
In 2008, choreographer Lena Ray joined the 4th Battalion The Bayonets, to watch and participate in full battle exercises, and visited the National Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre. What came of these observations was the award-winning, five-star work 5 SOLDIERS.
“An extraordinary exploration of modern war as a physical experience.” (The Independent), 5 SOLDIERS offers no moral stance on war, but instead questions what it is that we ask of our soldiers and explores how the human body remains essential to war, even in the 21st Century.
Lena Ray is choreographer of the Commonwealth Games Handover Ceremony and the hit film Sunshine on Leith. Her trademark style of intense physical and athletic dance theatre aims to thrill and move.
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★★★★★
“not only keeps us riveted, but helps close the gap of understanding between the armed forces and the general public.”
★★★★★
“War from a female perspective packs a punch…taut, visceral, compassionate”
“War from a female perspective packs a punch…taut, visceral, compassionate”
★★★★
“a disturbing, illuminating and necessary glimpse into a world that we mostly prefer to ignore.”
“a disturbing, illuminating and necessary glimpse into a world that we mostly prefer to ignore.”
★★★★★
“in-depth background researches have grounded her moves and their delivery in the physicality, camaraderie and mental challenges of army life.”
“in-depth background researches have grounded her moves and their delivery in the physicality, camaraderie and mental challenges of army life.”
