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Since he burst onto the scene in 1996, Henri Oguike has become a leading force in dance. Combining technical virtuosity with the immediacy of live music, his work has won numerous awards and given a creative blood transfusion to the world of contemporary dance. By turns thundering and gentle, visceral and flirtatious, the work of this dynamic young company. Front Line, Qguike's signature piece is a sextet danced to Shostakovich 9th Quartet in E Flat, played live by the Pavao Quartet and Tiger Dancing is a bright and animated piece set to Steve Martland's specially commissioned score inspired by Blake's poem The Tiger. Expression Lines is a reflective work set to the quietly beautiful Malian blues of guitarist - composer Ali Farka Toure. Oguike's distinctive New Work completes the bill. Henri Oguike Dance Company - Front Line/Tiger Dancing/Expression Lines/New Work website.