Although listed under dance in the Brighton Festival brochure, Passage by Rosemary Lee is better described as contemporary movement.

A team of 13 dancers, some trained, some not, performed an experimental and symbolic piece to a backdrop of bleak images.

The admirable aspect of Lee's work is that she uses performers who range in age from ten to 70.

But I had expected to see a more dance-based production and sadly found that Passage was not to my taste.

Instead I found my imagination captured by two short films (Infanta and Boy) and a hypnotic dance called Brink which opened the show.

Infanta depicted a young girl dancing in a beautiful garden dressed in a hooped shirt which was adorned with flowers.

But the highlight of the evening was Boy, a remarkable film which focused on the movements of nine-

year-old dancer Tom Evans.

We watched his innocent adventures on a deserted beach, saw him leap from sand dunes, gallop on all fours through the surf and run free along the sand.

As the film faded to black, Evans, now 15, took to the stage and performed a mesmerising piece which incorporated elements of dance, martial arts, break dance and expressive movement.

Gardner Arts Centre, University Of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton
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