Henri Oguike Dance Company
T363339769
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:T363339769, dance or ballet:S02072899242, venue:V260
Front Line/Melancholy Thoughts/Premiere of Youth Group Piece
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.
Melancholy Thoughts - A full company performance to four of Astor Piazzolla's passionate and highly contemporary nuevo tango compositions for violin and guitar promises to be an entertaining yet sophisticated closing piece. Plus H2O.