After the success of two sold out shows at The MAC last year, pony dance are back with a little something to tide us over until another Pony Panto this December, and that little something is Ponies Don’t Play Football, an hour long show which is advertised on their website as:
“involving lots of bare flesh, sweat, original music, unoriginal music, the odd flash or two of pure genius… and oh yeah, lots and lots of dancing”
It certainly lived up to this description as the first thing we are greeted with as the show begins is Leonie and the crew gyrating around the stage in just their pants (literally, just pants)- with strategic tape to hide all modesty – although I think it’s safe to say that this bunch don’t have much modesty to hide. After the initial shock of seeing such blatant nudity, you can’t help but laugh as pony dance thrust themselves at various band members while they play The Bloodhound Gang’s ‘The Bad Touch’. If you don’t think this is funny (and I haven’t met anyone who doesn’t), you probably won’t get the show at all, but for those who do you’re in for one hell of a night!
Belfast’s own Uncle Social and guests were the victims of this show and the live music really did make all the difference, it added another element to the dancing and the music choices were spot on. At times hilarious, at times dangerous Ponies Don’t Play Football featured everything from an invisible tennis match to the greatest trumpet player in the world (probably), with a whole lot of dancing in between. The real trouble with a pony dance show, is that they’re pretty impossible to describe, but the video below should help to give you an idea…
http://vimeo.com/75035225
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