Henri Oguike Dance Company
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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.
Archive :: production:T0442030678, dance or ballet:S02072899242, venue:V42
Front Line/Expression Lines/Tiger Dancing/Second Signal
Front Line, Qguike's signature piece is a sextet danced to Shostakovich 9th Quartet in E Flat, played live by the Pavao Quartet and
Tiger Dancing is a bright and animated piece set to Steve Martland's specially commissioned score inspired by Blake's poem
The Tiger. Two distinctive new works complete the mixed bill -
Expression Lines sculpted by the imaginative lighting of Guy Hoare and
Second Signal - featuring choreography made to the rhythms are
Second Signal's hallmark, played live by leading Taiko drumming group
Taiko Meantime.
