8 Minutes review – tripped by the light fantastic

Sadler’s Wells, London
Alexander Whitley follows an inspiring theme, with immersive sounds and visions, but the choreography is rather less earth-shattering Photons, particles which transmit light, take eight minutes to travel from the sun to earth. Hence the title of Alexander Whitley’s new work. The piece, which had its premiere on Tuesday, aims to express concepts from astrophysics in dance, and if this quest is only partly successful, the work is an aural and visual tour de force