Kathakali-King Lear
Observer (UK) : “Kathakali-King Lear is an enchantment... It’s exotic but rarely seems remote.”
Sunday Times (UK) : “Stunning.”
Independant (UK) : “One of the most enthralling performances of the festival.”
Times Literary Suppplement (UK) : “Extraordinarily beautiful production.”
Daily Telegraph (UK) : “Intense, hypnotic and spectacularly beautiful, this is a Lear which will linger in the memory when more conventional productions have been forgotten.”
La Sensitive
Le Télégramme : “A show which defies normal emotions, far, very far beyond the already seen, heard or felt.”
La Dépêche : “Here India presents a new language. The new finds its best foundation in the past.”
Danser : “An unexpected "Sensitive"...Transcending conventions… introduces us to a magic universe.”
The Guardian (UK) : “A marvellous example of how traditional techniques can be used as a basis for exciting contemporary dance.”
The Times (UK) : “Marvellously authoritative dancing.”
Cinderella Otherwise
Express Newslines - New Delhi : “An entirely new way of fusing cultures and traditions. Stylistically path-breaking.”
Indian Express - Madras Chennai : “The best part of Annette Leday’s bold production ‘Cinderella Otherwise’ was the humour...
Les Saisons de la Danse : Leday’s extraordinary fusion of the Kathakali dance form with the contemporary French mode, took place with effortless ease.”
“An astonishing and creative fusion.”
Le Monde : Annette Leday, one of the unclassifiable choreographers of contemporary dance, explores Western myths and masterpieces through the filter of Kathakali and Indian thought. Thus, original pieces emerge and strange geographical psychologies take shape.”