Details

The programme for the finals will be the competition's five outstanding pieces, performed together in a mixed bill of the finest new British contemporary dance. Each night the audience will choose its favourite piece, the winner receiving £1,000. After the final performance the judges will announce their choice - The Place Prize Winner 2006 - who receives £25,000. Quick! - Four male dancers and four musicians take on the London business world with Bharata Natyam and unstoppable energy. Self Assembly - A witty and affecting duet danced to a script by Anthony Minghella, looking at a relationship which works because the pieces don't quite fit together. Postcard - Sun, sea, sand, sex and disability come together in this carefully layered, cooly provocative piece combining film and live action. Silence Speaks Volumes - A crafted and strongly dance piece for five dancers that is awkwardly original and determinedly ambiguous. B for Body - One woman's quest for self-improvement and the body beautiful is sent up in an hilarious and constantly inventive work for three dancers, two Swiss balls and one massage table.

Creatives/Company

Choreographer(s): Nina Rajarani, Jonathan Lunn, Lucy Suggate, Freddie Opoku Addaie, Luca Silvestrini