Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company: Inter_rupted review – ageing, kathak-style

Barbican, LondonThe striking movements of classical Indian dance produce many arresting images as the choreographer teases out the threads of life’s experienceA man gasps and shakes his head convulsively – and though the sensation is of a body gripped by tremors, that quivering yet sustained alternation between left and right also subtly suggests another association: the rhythmic footwork of kathak dance. It’s a surprising but entirely apt opening for Inter_rupted, a new piece