BE [sic] now at the Union Square Theater, performed by Mayumana, is an amazing show. It's drumming and action, and is as tightly choreographed as a Busby Berkeley musical, with precise Mime exercises, precision drumming, planned wildness, and great contemporary/futuristic costumes by Neta Haker. It has a bit of Cirque, Stomp, Blue Man flavor, but it is its own thing and includes hamboning, black light, acrobatics, Flamenco and belly-dancing, all with great creativity, universality in movement and sound, order and chaos with order. The five superbly-trained, beautiful women's bodies are impossibly flexible- strong, agile, incredible; the men are strong, with a flair for humor. "The drums, Caruthers, the drums! The natives are restless!"
The stage is a drum and rhythms and counter-rhythms are played on it and on everything.
Created and directed by Eylon Nuphar and Boaz Berman, who is in the show, the totally exciting BE has world-wide appeal in its artistry, the power of its performers, and its avoidance of words (the few vocal sounds are international gibberish). BE is a great, joyful experience by an international troupe of super performers.
