Clod Ensemble: Placebo review – medical science as hypnotic dance

The Place, London
Boundaries between fake and real are blurred and broken in a smart, funny show that fuses science and artFake operations that cure knee pain, empty pills that work as well as genuine drugs: there’s growing medical evidence that the placebo effect is something very real, and it’s the theme for Clod Ensemble and director Suzy Wilson’s latest work. Many dance/science partnerships feel like lip service but Wilson goes in deep, so much so that the company is hostin