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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. Melancholy Thoughts - is a work for six dancers set to Astor Piazzolla's Histoire du Tango. Shot Flow - is an exciting duet which explores the relationship between two people governed by their environment, with physical and emotional energy reacting to shifts of rhythm, disturbances and interruptions in their surroundings. With a rising score by fast-rising Portuguese composer Pedro Carneiro, this duet blends music, light and movement in a sexy, almost cinematic drama of fluctuating emotions. Broken Tendrils - a full company work to the lush and often satirical orchestration of Bela Bartok's 2nd Violin Concerto. Front Line - a sextet to Shostakovich 9th Quartet in E Flat. Shifting moods, squealing instruments, wild stamping dances represent the composer's retreat into thoughts of death and stillness. Henri Oguike Dance Company - Melancholy Thoughts/Shot Flow/In Broken Tendrils/Front Line website.