Hofesh Shechter Company
The Art of Not Looking Back
Hofesh Shechter Company's three-year residency at Brighton Dome continues with two exclusive dance events.
The first unveils the world premiere of The Art of Not Looking Back, a specially commissioned piece inspired by and made for seven female dancers of Hofesh Shechter Company. The Art of Not Looking Back shines new light on the Shechter aesthetic, turning the tables on his signature theme of 'man against the world' - physical, complex, unrelenting.
This new work gets its first international outing alongside three early Shechter pieces, each receiving their Brighton premiere. Fragments - Shechter's first choreographic work - is a powerful, yet humorous duet on relationship dynamics, set to his own cinematic soundtrack. Cult, commissioned by the Place Prize 2004 (and winner of the Audience Award) is an implosive piece of virtuoso physicality, which probes the dark forces that steer our lives. Untitled, a solo devised in 2005 for Bare Bones Dance Company and performed here for the first time by the Hofesh Shechter Company, sees rising star Philip Hulford negotiate love, life and death to Shechter's inquisitive verbal soundtrack.
'He has you on the edge of your seat, dry mouthed from start to finish'
The Observer
Post-show talk with Hofesh Shechter Thur 14 May. Free to ticket holders.
For the company's second Brighton Festival event 200 young dancers and musicians will devise Bangers and Mash, an exclusive free standing/seated performance in the Brighton Dome Concert Hall on Sun 17th May at 9.15pm
Watch The Guardian's vodcast for Bangers & Mash (scroll down the picture links on the right hand side), also including footage from Cult.
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