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Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui: TeZukA " review by Sanjoy Roy

Sadler's Wells, LondonBelgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is a huge fan of comic books, Japanese manga in particular. And perhaps that's the problem with his new work TeZukA, inspired by the "god of manga" Osamu Tezuka: he appears more in thrall to his subject than in command of it. The work begins promisingly, with a childlike figure entranced by the open book gripped between his toes like a wayward tailfin. …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:11PM on September 8, 2011

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