Opening Night - T0712173380Les SlovaKs are an all-male dance company of five Slovakian friends who formed a collective in 2006 after working separately with some of Europe's leading choreographers including Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Akram Khan, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and Wim Vandekeybus. Their style of movement is rooted in their shared history, generating a dance style that takes Slovak traditional dance as inspiration whilst maintaining each dancer's individual characteristics. Opening Night is an improvised work where, as with all close friendships, little things mean a lot. Gestures, glances and nuances are enough to unleash physical creativity, allowing the collective to form and adapt their choreography in the moment. Recreating the performance every time, Les SlovaKs create an improvisational feel that hints at their shared past. The performance is accompanied by traditional Slovakian folk music provided by musician and composer Simon Thierree. | |
| 28 Mar 15 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L01869352057 |
Opening Night - T01956480351Five friends. Five dancers. Five relationships that can fragment and reform each opening night. Opening Night is also our closing night, and a joyous way to bring this year's Festival dance programme to an end. Les Slovaks is a dance collective made up of five Slovakian friends who, since regrouping in Brussels in 2006, have sought to find themselves again and redefine their relationship through moving and thinking collectively. Remembering what was then and taking pleasure from what is now, they use improvisation and spontaneity to create breathtaking choreography that combines charm, zest and humour. As with all close friendships, with Les Slovaks little things mean a lot: gestures, glances and nuances are enough to unleash their physical creativity, allowing them to form and adapt their choreography in the moment. The result is a brand of movement rooted in shared experience and understanding. And with every performance created a new, each night is an opening night! | |
| 25 May 14 | Brighton Dome, Brighton :: V655 listing details L0419641349 |
