Autumn Dance on the South Bank. This year's Dance Umbrella opens and closes with Queen Elizabeth Hall companies...
This year's Dance Umbrella opens and closes with Queen Elizabeth Hall
companies...
*DV8 / can we afford this / 18-29 Sept / 7.45pm / QEH
DV8's new show fresh from the Olympic Arts Festivals...
'shattering, hilarious and deeply affecting' Sydney Morning Herald
'by turns funny and bitter, bolshie, confronting and shocking' The
Australian.
Book your tickets now as the first performances are almost sold out!
*Teshigawara / Karas / Absolute Zero / 27-28 Oct / 7.45pm / QEH
'In his native Japan, choreographer and artist Saburo Teshigawara is
said to have the status of cult hero. On the evidence of Absolute
Zero it's not hard to see why.' The Times
*Stephen Petronio Company / Strange Attractors / 31 Oct-1 Nov / 7.45pm / QEH
'Fearless dancing and provocative movement... Petronio's current
company is simply a dream.' San Francisco Examiner
*Trisha Brown Dance Company / 3 British Premieres / 3-4 Nov / 7.45pm / QEH
'As unpredictable as the weather and as rife with disciplined
recklessness as first-class jazz' The Village Voice.
Trisha Brown collaborates with Jazz musician Dave Douglas, recently
voted jazz musician of the year in New York, who also plays the QEH
on 4 October.
Other Dance Events...
*Vincent Dance Company / Caravan of Lies / 27 Sept / 8pm /PUR
Set in an old-style circus ring, Caravan of Lies weaves together
three exquisite solos, compered by a clown who has seen far better
days. 'Actual and fantasised intimacies made touchingly public' The
Guardian
*Nahid Siddiqui & Company / Seen Unscene / 17-19 Oct / 8pm /PUR
Internationally renowned as the leading exponents of South Asian
Kathak Dance. 'Once you've seen Siddiqui move, you really don't want
to watch anyone else' The Guardian
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