Testimonials
Nathalie De Potter
Managing Director - Constella Music
"Constella Music's collaboration with Taira Foo on London Portraits, set to Leo Geyer’s evocative composition has been an inspiring experience. Taira’s innovative blend of contemporary ballet and street dance brings dynamic energy and authenticity to the portrayal of city workers commuting.
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The choreography skillfully captures the rhythm and emotion of urban life, balancing fluid, expressive movement with grounded, rhythmic gestures. Taira’s keen attention to musicality and spatial design creates an immersive atmosphere that reflects the bustle and subtle humanity of London’s streets.
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This collaboration highlights Taira’s unique ability to merge technical precision with heartfelt storytelling, making London Portraits a standout piece that resonates deeply with audiences. It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Taira."
Maggie Foyer
Seeing Dance
"‘Carly’s Exit’ is an uplifting and passionate expression of the fight to save a loved one from self-destruction. With original score, setting, and choreographer Taira Foo’s unstoppable energy, ‘Carly’s Exit’ forces colour and light into one of the darkest of subjects - illustrating with immediacy, realism and tenderness the battle for a friend’s life”
Lucy Jarvis
The Place
“The final work of the evening, Taira Foo’s The Soloist, was without doubt the most complete group performance of my Resolution! experience. Performed by choreographer Taira Foo’s mammoth cast of twelve dancers, this narrative work was attacked with dynamism and crisp precision. Power relationships flit back and forth as the protagonist, a violin player, seemingly conducts the chorus’ every move through the swish of his bow and ripple of his body. The performance was textured, complex, chaotic, pulsing, thrusting, bubbling and explosive… ”
Pomegranate Theatre
Beauty & The Beast Production
“The fast-paced, vibrant choreography was the work of Taira Foo who hails from Chesterfield and was returning to the town for her second panto. If what she produced for this show is anything to go by she will go far with PHA.”
Maggie Foyer
Seeing Dance
“In Flowers in December, Taira Foo and Hinged Dance Co tackle one of the major issues of our times: the refugee crisis. The raw physicality of the street-based movement, the company’s trademark style, brings fear and the pain to the surface. Trying to get a handle on the issue in a 20-minute piece is a huge ask, and the narrative is at times overloaded, but the commitment of the dancers in bringing the reality of the refugees’ trauma to the stage was delivered with total honesty.
The few props: flowers, a portable wire fence and a block of stairs, are used effectively in a myriad of guises from tunnels to boats to prisons while Foo’s powerful movement gives the dancers the expressive tools they need. The shortcomings of the complex structure were easily outweighed by their searing performances.”
Neil Norman
The Place
“Taira Foo’s ensemble piece 'Flowers in December' is visceral, politically-charged physical theatre dealing specifically with the Syrian refugee crisis. A playful and loving family is swept up by a group of outsiders fleeing for their lives. With minimal props - a wire fence that becomes a cage, a tunnel and various traps - Foo conveys the panic, anger and fear of innocent victims caught in the crossfire of conflict.
Tactile and violent, it is a full-blooded, in-your-face work of restless momentum, employing elements of streetdance, mime and bold gestures. If it suffers from being too busy and overcrowded with incident, the concluding moments are desperately moving.”