Oxymore, 2013/2020
‘Company member Sophie Laplane reveals a sharp, sussed instinct for eye-catching movement in Oxymore - so cool, it's hot.’
The Herald (2013)
Using Susumo Yokota's repetitive music, ‘Circular’, Oxymore is a circular conversation, a 'duet' of two solos, where the protagonists engage in a conversation, real or imagined, with the other person, who may or may not be physically present…
Revisited (August 2020)
Adapted for a short dance film, Oxymore was commissioned for the 2020 Edinburgh International Festival. Filmed during lockdown and performed by two dancers from Scottish Ballet.
Dancers: Artists Anna Williams & Rishan Benjamin,
Directed by Michael Sherrington
Music: Susumu Yokota.
Revisited (October 2020)
Oxymore was revisited during lockdown for 12 dancers of the company Ballet Contemporáneo del Teatro Martín in Buenos Aires. It was featured at Julio Bocca’s Great Gala for the Children, October 2020.
Ballet Contemporáneo del Teatro Martín in Buenos Aires
Artistic Director: Andrea Chinetti.
Film Editing: Diego Poblete - Guido Bonacossa
Music: Susumu Yokota
Oxymore (August 2013)
Commission: Scottish Ballet
Dancers: 2 dancers
Music: Circular, Susumu Yokota ,
Venue: Edinburgh Festival 2013
Length: 6min
"If Darrell represented where Scottish Ballet started, then Sophie Laplane‘s duet, Oxymore, shows the cutting edge of a new generation within the company… Electronic, repetitive, catchy are the sounds and so is the dance – dance of 4AM Ibiza rather than ballet or contemporary ... A chic 6-minute piece and where Laplane goes from here should be interesting."
Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs, 2013