Sterling Acts

ONE OF THE MOST HEARTBREAKING pieces of contemporary dance this writer has ever seen is Shoot The Moon by Nederlands Dans Theater 1 (NDT1). To be performed as part of a thrilling quadruple bill by the acclaimed company at October's da:ns festival, it depicts the lives of two couples and a singleton as they fall in and out of love in three separate apartments.

Their daily routines, deep-seated affections and resentments, quarrels and lovemaking, are conveyed through the moving, angular choreography of Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot. Set against Philip Glass' yearning music Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, this work won raves across th…