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Black Waters review " a muddied outcry against colonial horrors

by Sanjoy Roy

Leeds PlayhousePhoenix Dance Theatre's new piece contains flashes of anguished brilliance but feels cut off from its subject matter In 2018, Phoenix Dance Theatre's Windrush premiered just as the scandal of its title began to break " a context that made the piece look much too optimistic. Their new work, Black Waters, is far more downbeat and draws on two episodes from British imperial history: the 1781 Zong massacre…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:24am on February 14, 2020