PRESS — BLKDOG

What the press think

“IT IS BOTH SELF-DISCOVERY AND SELF-DESTRUCTION, CHILDHOOD TRAUMAS THAT PLAY OUT INTO ADULT DRAMAS AND A VIEW INTO WHAT DAILY DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY FEELS LIKE”

Luxembourg Times
"RIGHT OFF THE BAT, HE PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ORIGINS AND ROOTS OF STREET DANCE...A MOVING AND BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED PERFORMANCE THAT WILL HAVE YOU BODY- POPPING IN YOUR SEAT. A MUST SEE."

Kol Magazine, UK
"“BLKDOG” IMPLORES US TO SEE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND MANIFEST A HUMANITY ROOTED IN HEALING."

Dance Criticism, Hungary
“THEY ARE BRILLIANT IN THEIR SMALL MOVEMENTS, IN THEIR GESTURES, IN WHICH THE COMPLEXITY, CONFLICT AND DRAMATIC CLIMAX OF FULL-LENGTH FILMS ARE CONDENSED INTO A SINGLE SECOND THROUGH A SINGLE QUICK CHANGE OF DIRECTION, UNEXPECTED KNEELING, CROUCHING, MARCHING, SPRAWLING.”

Dance Criticism, Hungary
"THIS IS INTERPRETATIVE DANCE OF A CALIBRE RARELY SEEN. THEATRICAL EXCELLENCE TO BE APPRECAITED AND SAVOURED. VISCERAL, POWERFUL, EXPRESSIVE."

The Blurb, UK
"AN EXPRESSIVE MASTERPIECE...BLKDOG LIVED UP TO ITS REPUTATION."

Arts Hub - Melbourne
"ART REDEFINED IN A WAY SO ENTIRELY POWERFUL WHILST ALSO BEING UTTERLY DEVASTATING, BLKDOG IS AN EXERCISE IN HUMILITY AND CONSCIENCE, HOW MASCULINE ENERGY COMES TO TERMS WITH FATHERHOOD, GRIEF, RELIGION, TURMOIL, AND JOY"

Maygan Forbes (UK)
“BLKDOG IS ULTIMATELY A STORY OF THE NEED TO FACE A TROUBLED PAST WITH BRAVERY, AND LEARN TO COPE WITH IT AND EVEN CHANGE IT, IN THE HOPES OF CARVING OUT A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN”

Bakchormeeboy (Singapore)
"It was indeed a “Far from the Norm” production"

Black Ottawa Scene, Canada
"TO SAY THAT THE DANCERS ARE TERRIFIC BARELY DOES THEM JUSTICE. THEIR TOGETHERNESS AND - Reviews Hub SYNCHRONICITY NEEDS TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED"

Seeing Dance, USA
"THIS HONEST, TRANSFORMATIVE PERFORMANCE IS REFLECTED IN THE GENUINE EMOTION WE SEE IN THEIR FACES AS THEY LISTEN TO OUR LONG AND LOUD APPLAUSE"

In Daily SA, Melbourne
“ALWAYS EARTH-BOUND, THEY LOOK LIKE A FERAL STREET GANG, EGGED ON BY TORBEN LARS SYLVEST’S POUNDING SCORE – SO INTENSE THAT AS AN AUDIENCE YOU FEEL ITS VIBRATIONS IN YOUR OWN BODY.”

Culture Whisper (UK)
“SEVA’S DANCE LANGUAGE HAS ITS ROOTS IN HIP-HOP, BUT FLOWERS IN UNEXPECTED WAYS”

Financial Times (UK)
“VISCERAL, BREATHTAKINGLY MOVING AND MOVINGLY IMPRESSIVE, ‘BLKDOG’ USHERS IN A WHOLE NEW NECESSARY GENRE AND ERA OF DANCE.”

Lucy Writers Platform (UK)

What audiences are saying

"I still haven't got over the performance. Utterly mesmerising - skill, passion, precision, all wrapped up in spellbinding stories - I'll never forget it"
"I was completely mesmerised. It was dark, it was painful. It was about pain. It was about life. It was about hope"
"I felt tears going down my face without my control. I was taken back to places where I haven't been for a while. I loved every single second"
"Knowing when to be still to allow the audience to absorb and process what is unfolding on the stage. Utterly brilliant. Totally challenging."
"The emotion of each performer was more than they had in the tank. You could see their expressive exhaustion. Thank you for a needed exhale and re-think"

“IT IS BOTH SELF-DISCOVERY AND SELF-DESTRUCTION, CHILDHOOD TRAUMAS THAT PLAY OUT INTO ADULT DRAMAS AND A VIEW INTO WHAT DAILY DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY FEELS LIKE”

"RIGHT OFF THE BAT, HE PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ORIGINS AND ROOTS OF STREET DANCE...A MOVING AND BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED PERFORMANCE THAT WILL HAVE YOU BODY- POPPING IN YOUR SEAT. A MUST SEE."

"“BLKDOG” IMPLORES US TO SEE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND MANIFEST A HUMANITY ROOTED IN HEALING."

“THEY ARE BRILLIANT IN THEIR SMALL MOVEMENTS, IN THEIR GESTURES, IN WHICH THE COMPLEXITY, CONFLICT AND DRAMATIC CLIMAX OF FULL-LENGTH FILMS ARE CONDENSED INTO A SINGLE SECOND THROUGH A SINGLE QUICK CHANGE OF DIRECTION, UNEXPECTED KNEELING, CROUCHING, MARCHING, SPRAWLING.”

"THIS IS INTERPRETATIVE DANCE OF A CALIBRE RARELY SEEN. THEATRICAL EXCELLENCE TO BE APPRECAITED AND SAVOURED. VISCERAL, POWERFUL, EXPRESSIVE."

"AN EXPRESSIVE MASTERPIECE...BLKDOG LIVED UP TO ITS REPUTATION."

"ART REDEFINED IN A WAY SO ENTIRELY POWERFUL WHILST ALSO BEING UTTERLY DEVASTATING, BLKDOG IS AN EXERCISE IN HUMILITY AND CONSCIENCE, HOW MASCULINE ENERGY COMES TO TERMS WITH FATHERHOOD, GRIEF, RELIGION, TURMOIL, AND JOY"

“BLKDOG IS ULTIMATELY A STORY OF THE NEED TO FACE A TROUBLED PAST WITH BRAVERY, AND LEARN TO COPE WITH IT AND EVEN CHANGE IT, IN THE HOPES OF CARVING OUT A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN”

"It was indeed a “Far from the Norm” production"

"TO SAY THAT THE DANCERS ARE TERRIFIC BARELY DOES THEM JUSTICE. THEIR TOGETHERNESS AND - Reviews Hub SYNCHRONICITY NEEDS TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED"

"THIS HONEST, TRANSFORMATIVE PERFORMANCE IS REFLECTED IN THE GENUINE EMOTION WE SEE IN THEIR FACES AS THEY LISTEN TO OUR LONG AND LOUD APPLAUSE"

“ALWAYS EARTH-BOUND, THEY LOOK LIKE A FERAL STREET GANG, EGGED ON BY TORBEN LARS SYLVEST’S POUNDING SCORE – SO INTENSE THAT AS AN AUDIENCE YOU FEEL ITS VIBRATIONS IN YOUR OWN BODY.”

“SEVA’S DANCE LANGUAGE HAS ITS ROOTS IN HIP-HOP, BUT FLOWERS IN UNEXPECTED WAYS”

“VISCERAL, BREATHTAKINGLY MOVING AND MOVINGLY IMPRESSIVE, ‘BLKDOG’ USHERS IN A WHOLE NEW NECESSARY GENRE AND ERA OF DANCE.”

"I still haven't got over the performance. Utterly mesmerising - skill, passion, precision, all wrapped up in spellbinding stories - I'll never forget it"

"I was completely mesmerised. It was dark, it was painful. It was about pain. It was about life. It was about hope"

"I felt tears going down my face without my control. I was taken back to places where I haven't been for a while. I loved every single second"

"Knowing when to be still to allow the audience to absorb and process what is unfolding on the stage. Utterly brilliant. Totally challenging."

"The emotion of each performer was more than they had in the tank. You could see their expressive exhaustion. Thank you for a needed exhale and re-think"