Swan Lakes
Swan Lake! As soon as you mention the title of this ultimate classical ballet, the images and associations will come by themselves: a lake in the moonlight, the Dance of the Little Swans, Prince Siegfried torn between Odette and Odile,…
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Clowns
Clowns was commissioned by the BBC as part of the Performance Live strand – a partnership between BBC Arts, Arts Council England and Battersea Arts Centre, showcasing some of the most exciting artists working in performance today. The film was…
Grand Finale
Part gig, part dance, part theatre and wholly original – there is no better way to describe Grand Finale, the latest work of internationally celebrated choreographer Hofesh Shechter. Spectacularly bold and ambitious, Grand Finale is at once comic, bleak and…
Four Contemporary Choreographers
Four contemporary choreographers from diverse backgrounds come together to create distinctly original works for the Paris Opera’s resident dance company, leading the dancers to a new form of modernity where bodies vibrate with intensity. Swiss-born James Thierrée takes over the…
Red Carpet
A choreographer with multiple influences, from the Jerusalem of his childhood to the Paris of his youth or London where he lives, a protean artist with a passion for music, images and film, Hofesh Shechter proposes dance that is visceral,…
Architecture of the Invisible
NDT 1 revisits Jiří Kylián‘s Vanishing Twin (2008) and Clowns by Hofesh Shechter (2016). In addition, NDT 1’s dancers present a new work by Christos Papadopoulos. A new voice for NDT, the choreographer favours a minimalist and precise language of…
The Seven Sins
Among dance aficionados, the names on the cast list alone are bound to be greatly admired, as this production brings together seven A-list choreographers of worldwide fame. Each of them transforms a mortal sin into a dance piece for Gauthier…