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Spears' Life Mimicked In "Meltdown" Dance

Britney Spears' life shapes the plot of a 14-minute dance called "Meltdown."

The contemporary work by choreographer Hubert Essakow follows Spears as she deals with paparazzi and shaves her head. It ends with Spears being carried off on a stretcher.

"It will be performed ... for one night only with four other short pieces of work," said Craig Titley, director of marketing at the Rambert Dance Company.


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"Meltdown," part of the company's "Season of New Choreography," was to be performed Friday at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall.

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Essakow told the British Broadcasting Corp. that Spears' story is "a modern day tragedy."

"You can't open a newspaper without her being in it," he said. "I became obsessed by every detail of her life."

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