FEROCIOUS AND THRILLING RE-IMAGINING OF MIGRANT POLITICS (original) (raw)

Sticking to the crux of the original Giselle plot, Akram Khan's version tells us the story of Giselle as one among the community of migrant garment factory workers who are referred to as the Outcasts. They are dispossessed of their jobs after factory closures, and separated by a high wall from their hopes of livelihood. Giselle (a brilliant Crystal Costa) is a strong woman with hope while Albrecht (James Streeter) is resilient and torn between his two worlds. Hilarion (a fantastic Ken Saruhashi) on the other hand loves Giselle secretly. He is cunning and keeps changing his allegiance between the Landlords and the Outcasts for his own and the community's profit.