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Dramaturg: Tim Cowbury
Choreographer: Irene Cioni
Lighting Design: Alex Fernandes
Video Design: Mikaela Liakata
Camera Operator: Valentina Formenti
Performer: Valentina Formenti
Design: Emma Bailey
Composer & Sound design: Tom Parkinson
Design Assistant: Lauren Dix

— The Reviews Hub ★★★★
— The Stage ★★★★

Written and performed by Jessica Latowicki, Made in China Theatre at the Yard Theatre, London.

“A particular standout is a live-filmed dance sequence in which Latowicki, guided by Irene Cioni’s superb choreography, carves up the stage with frenzied movements that periodically melt into displays of self-aware, almost desperate sexuality.”

— The Reviews Hub ★★★★

 

"… Jessica Latowicki bursts into dance. The performer looks to camera and lets loose, rocking her head back and closing her eyes, throwing her arms up and running her hands through her hair. She looks like a superstar—onscreen at least. The camera catches it all in close-up, zooming in on her face then her ass then her lips and, up onscreen, she looks luminescent: backlit, then bathed in cool blues and sharp pinks that pick up and accentuate her facial features. She pumps like Beyoncé, squats into a semi-twerk, then throws a sultry look down the lens as she rolls around—writhes—on a white rug. She’s the picture of confidence—carefree, self-aware and, yes, hot as hell. She’s a GIF-in-waiting, an MTV queen.In reality, of course, she’s nothing of the sort. Latowicki’s dancing, so alluring on screen, is awkward in ways the camera can’t see. When she’s off-balance, it’s zoomed in on her feet. As it hugs her leopard-skin lycra shorts—silly onstage, but somehow sexy onscreen—her face shows the strain of an effortful pose. As for her soft-core roll on that shagpile rug, it’s plain ridiculous—less a pouting sex kitten, more newborn seal pup.”

— Elephant Review

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