December 9, 2013: That love in all its forms is something worth dancing about is a fact that proves equally joyous and tragic in Chéri. Martha Clarke’s arresting new dance-theatre piece at the Pershing Square Signature Center runs scarcely more than an hour, but in its limited time describes, depicts, and deconstructs every imaginable component of romantic affection — all without ever resorting to either cynicism or unchecked sentimentality. Real feelings and real fears are given such searing form that you may long to escape them — but, as the characters experiencing it first-hand learn the hard way, escaping from your own out-of-control heart is fundamentally impossible.
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