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Sunday 15 September 2013

Sound Affairs: Michelangelo Drawing Blood

Cheltenham Festival, 11th July 2013
Music: Charlie Barber
Choreography: Andy Howitt


 Michelangelo is an iconic figure of the High Renaissance, whose profound - and possibly unparalleled - impact upon western art continues to resonate down the ages. Together with Leonardo, he epitomises “Renaissance Man”; a concept representing more a creative ideal than a mere colloquialism for “polymath”. How better, then, to explore Michelangelo’s creative process than through a new piece of music theatre incorporating a wealth of multimedia in film, choreography and music both live and pre-recorded?

That is exactly what Sound Affairs set out to do in their latest, quietly absorbing production, Michelangelo Drawing Blood...

To read the review, go to Bachtrack at: http://www.bachtrack.com/review-cheltenham-festival-2013-michelangelo

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