Life Is a Dream review – Rambert dance into the twilight zone

Sadler’s Wells, London
Kim Brandstrup’s mysterious take on Calderón’s 17th-century play is set in an illusory world of doppelgangers, alter egos and unstable duets
Billed by Rambert as a narrative work, Kim Brandstrup’s Life Is a Dream is far closer to poetry than drama. It is inspired by Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s 17th-century play of the same title, but Brandstrup buries any semblance of plot to give free rein to imagery, mood and symbolism. The on