Looking Between

The seven-strong cast of the Shaded Voice Dance Company offer some moments of inventive and impressive choreography, but sadly the show as a whole isn't quite successful. The first piece is the most effective, with the dancers gracefully telling what the programme notes call a "story of heartache". A few technical blips sometimes mar the performance, with dancers occasionally out of time or a touch unsteady. The more ambitious second segment attempts a choreographed look at societal control, but the dancers occasionally sink into absurdity, as when they squat and bash away at imaginary typewriters. In the company's defence, their medicinal-smelling church hall of a space doesn't do them any favours.