In the mood to party with friends? Then why not join Flip Fabrique, a new up-and-coming troupe that comes to us directly from Quebec, Canada. Take a trip to the cottage with these six acrobats and witness their first get-together in a decade! Haul out the folding chairs for a stunning and unique performance to…
Grupo Krapp isn’t the sort of company that comes around very often, especially not from Argentina, land of the tango. Named afterSamuel Beckett’s play “Krapp’s Last Tape,” this experimental group, consisting of actors, dancers and musicians, is an endearing, excellent collective. As part of its Latino Cultural Festival, Queens Theater in the Park played host…
Sébastien Ramirez and Honji Wang are contemporary dancers who come from the hip-hop scene. From this common background they drew the choreographic mould of their double act,Monchichi, and confront the enigma of cultural difference. The dance loosens and transcends such contrasts to suit the feelings conveyed by Everydayz/+∞’s music.
In Circus Incognitus, virtuoso clown Jamie Adkins is the vulnerable everyman, who has just written a terrific show. He wanders onto stage with the new show in a box, delighted to find the audience ready waiting. Knowing he has just the thing, Jamie struggles to build the scene around him using everyday objects. Things go awry as his…
‘A life lived entirely on one´s own terms´ aptly describes the life and work of the dancer and choreographer Chandalekha (1929-2006), born in southern India. The most controversial of Indian choreographers, and now a legend not only in India but also abroad, she was an innovator of Bharatnatyam, one of the five classical Indian styles…
Men/Women.Overwhelmed by their fear, they knock against each other. Poetic reflexion of human psyche,Complexe des genres speaks of the quest of identity through relationships. The piece illustrates the horrifying doubt and the coolness of the haunting desire for perfection. Endowed with virtuous thinking, men and women will know how to evolve, value each other and love…
Blood Links traces William Yang’s scattered family’s migration from China to Australia over a hundred years ago. Defying conventional theater, Yang presents an intimate monologue with over 500 slide images that explores the ties which bind families. Yang is one of Australia’s most respected artists and a world-renowned photographer. Asia Society spoke to Yang about his autobiographical works…
China’s rulers aren’t exactly enamoured of the topics ‘recalcitrant’ choreographer Wen Hui broaches in her work: the great famine, the terrors of Mao’s ‘Cultural Revolution’, sex and pregnancy. Wen Hui’s Living Dance Studio is the People’s Republic of China’s first independent contemporary dance. It is tolerated by the turning of a blind eye. With dance,…
The international dance production Extremalism is a multi-disciplinary piece performed by 30 dancers, 24 from Marseille and 6 from Amsterdam. This large scale anniversary production crowns 20 years of collaboration by the choreographers’ duo Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten. Extremalism is about the way mankind responds to today’s crisis. What does a body do in an extreme…
Royal Festival Hall choreographer in residence Akram Khan teams up with the celebrated talents of Anish Kapoor (set design) and Nitin Sawhney (composer) to present his company’s first full length evening work Kaash (Hindi word for “if”). “Hindu Gods, black holes, Indian time cycles, tablas, creation and destruction” are the starting points for this new…
