If at First, 2024

“Laplane and her team have delivered a mini-masterpiece, that will bear repeated seeing and satisfies as both a dramatic work and also just as movement shorn of its deeper meaning - exciting stuff indeed.”Liftedleg

Photo by @misanharriman

"The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart." (Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus). Sound the fanfares! The conquering hero returns, bathed in glory.....but not always.  

If At First explores a more subtle heroism, a quieter triumph over adversity, in a struggle that unites us all. Humanity, heroism and self acceptance combine in this celebratory and original piece.

Photo Gallery by Ash

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Commission: Ballet Black

Director: Cassa Pancho

Dancers: 9 dancers

Music: Some original Score by Tom Harrold / Olivia Belli,Enrico Belli : Moon Drifting 4 (After Beethoven) / Moon Drifting 2 (After Beethoven) / Dans Dans: Coffee Grounds / Au Hasard / Beethoven : Eroica Allegro Con Brio / Eroica Marcia Funebre / Michelle Gurevich : I’ll Be Your Woman

Length: 37min 

Costumes: Jessica Cabassa

Lights: David Plater