What the Body Does Not Remember - T01440996211The amazing debut of Wim Vandekeybus and Ultima Vez in 1987 stunned the world of dance. Vandekeybus and composers Thierry de Mey and Peter Vermeersch received the prestigious Bessie Award in New York for this "brutal confrontation of dance and music: the dangerous, combative landscape of What the Body Does Not Remember." 28 years later and with a new cast and live music by contemporary ensemble Ictus, the show still stands as one of the most exciting pieces of dance ever made and is once again on an unmissable world tour. Vandekeybus' first piece of choreography balances on the razor edge of attraction and repulsion. Dancers are driven to act and react at high speed and with split second timing, to each other, and the music. Moments of humour thread through explosions of aggression, fear and danger in this adrenaline-fuelled distinctly physical performance. Running time: 1hr 20mins approx. | |
| 3 Mar 15 to 4 Mar 15 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L575952179 |
| 10 Feb 15 to 11 Feb 15 | Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 listing details L0708822468 |
Talk to the Demon - T01583197115UK Premiere. In a daring new work, the Belgian choreographer Wim Vandekeybus - one of Hofesh Shechter's inspirations - ponders the innocence of children and the multi-faceted ways it is understood, presented and manipulated by society and the media in different cultures. As he probes notions of innocence and its flip-side, evil, Vandekeybus's research into the witch-children of the Congo is just one of the starting points for a dance dissection of demons and demonizing, ideals and idealizing. Talk to the Demon features six adult performers and one child in a piece that tempers In a daring new work, the Belgian choreographer Wim Vandekeybus - one of Hofesh Shechter's inspirations - ponders the innocence of children and the multi-faceted ways it is understood, presented and manipulated by society and the media in different cultures. Vandekeybus's hallmark themes of risk, conflict and strength with notions of vulnerability and stillness. Noted for visceral performances verging on violence, Ultima Vez pushes physical expression to its limits. It is a daring style of dance that courts danger and demands reaction, yet amidst the risk and the energy of this audacious new work lie humour, compassion and an eloquent silence that cuts as keenly as words. | |
| 13 May 14 to 14 May 14 | Brighton Dome, Brighton :: V655 listing details L01358265857 |
