Kes

T01050745

Author

Barry Hines

---

Archive :: production:T01050745, dance or ballet:S749477726, venue:V830272338

---

Production details

Following their 2009 sell-out success at Curve with Hey Joe, award-winning choreographer Sue Rosenbloom creates another bitingly honest piece of dance theatre. This exhilarating company comprised of local dancers, come together to present a contemporary dance adaptation of Kes, based on the iconic novel by Barry Hines. Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a troubled teenager growing up in a Yorkshire mining town. Billy discovers a new passion in life with a kestrel hawk Kes. Like Billy she is a survivor, her silent strength inspires in him a trust and love he has never before experienced... Studio