For this UK premiere of La Cite Radieuse, newly appointed artistic director and choreographer Frederic Flamand teamed up with French architect Dominique Perrault to "supposedly" explore 21st-Century living.

In the programme note Flamand wrote: "After post-modernism, we now speak of super-modernity to explain the process of acceleration faced by the planet. The idea of Cite Radieuse is no longer carried by an individual but by a system built on the increasingly rapid movement of goods and people, and on consumption."

It's never a good sign when you find the introductory text dense and impenetrable. Sadly, the ensuing 75 minutes was just as perplexing.

In his ambition to tackle epic intellectual notions, Flamand has created a gimmicky performance, which lacked any dance punch.

Too much time and energy was wasted on irritating whispering about "mirror people" and unsuccessful attempts at DV8-style slogan projection.

If more focus had been directed towards the actual choreography maybe the dance itself would have been more remarkable.

The primary-coloured costumes looked like something out of a naff Studio Line advert from the Eighties and the musical score grated in its attempt to resemble an urban soundscape.