It’s not often that a dance piece involves a climbing wall on the stage. But then it’s not often you’ll come across a dance piece that tests the ensemble’s physical strength, emotional barriers, and trust in each other in quite [ ... ]
A second performance of this extraordinary dance piece choreographed by Rachid Ouramdane, an ambitious, captivating work about confronting danger, mastering the self, the beauty of flight and the desire to escape the chains of gravity; acrobats, rock climbers, flyers, slackliners [ ... ]
Faustin Linyekula is a contemporary dancer and choreographer whose style incorporates the quick, syncopated rhythms of the West African dance style of Ndombolo. Linyekula’s focus is on notions of loss, memory and the legacies of war and terror; exploring the [ ... ]
This premiere by the New Zealand contemporary dance company Black Grace was commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation for SB15; it’s a development of the company’s 2009 work Gathering Clouds, which responded to prejudice and xenophobia against Pacific migrants in New [ ... ]
An exhilarating musical and dance extravaganza by the Slovak Dance Theatre with the Gypsy Devils orchestra, created by noted Slovak director and choreographer Ján Ďurovčík. Packed with wild virtuoso dancing and thrilling gypsy songs, the show is based on a [ ... ]
A visually stunning spectacle of propulsive dance, dazzling lighting, and powerful live music from the Canadian experimental post rock band Fly Pan Am. Choreographer Dana Gingras and her Montreal-based dance company Animals of Distinction explore spaces of inclusion and exclusion, [ ... ]
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