Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Hofesh Shechter is one of the UK's most exciting contemporary artists, having gained international renown for his raw, honest choreography and highly-charged, atmospheric music scores. The international dancers of Hofesh Shechter Company have achieved worldwide renown A night of dance, performance and live music which explores and subverts the Seder, the opening nights of the Jewish festival of Passover. Contemporary dance choreographer Hofesh Shechter (Uprising, In Your Rooms and E4's SKINS) will create a new piece of work, especially for the JCC, around the theme of punishment in the Plagues. Hofesh will collaborate with 6 dancers and filmmaker and animator, Shay Hamias. Performer Joshua Sofaer will also present a new JCC commission, turning the obligation to ask Questions at Passover into a Seder Cabaret. And to finish off the evening, 15-piece anarchic gypsy punk orchestra The Destroyers, compere Judy Batalion and dj Max Reinhardt will set a party vibe to bring down Wilton's crumbling roof. The Jewish festival of Passover celebrates the release from slavery and the Biblical exodus from Egypt. It is celebrated over 8 days and opens with the Seder which retells the story of the departure from Egypt complete with the 10 plagues. Each year, the story is retold in a set order. This year, Hofesh Shechter and Joshua Sofaer will retell parts of that story through their own artistic adventures. The Other Seder will take the form of an experimental cabaret. It has been deliberately set within Wilton's, the oldest surviving music hall in the world to enhance this experience.| 10 Apr 08 | Wilton's Music Hall Inner London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
