The series Dance House presents great internationally acclaimed contemporary dance companies in Vancouver.
Highly recommended:
Hofesh Shechter company from the UK perform “barbarians” by Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter
at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre
Friday, November 13, and Saturday, November 14
at 8pm.
Tickets:
https://tickets.dancehouse.ca/TheatreManager/1/login&event=57
“barbarians” is a trilogy of captivating new works. Shechter’s choreography is at once charismatic and beautifully intricate, seductive and intelligent. With , Shechter offers three distinct pieces imbued with his signature style. The complex beauty of baroque music inspires a sparse world in which dancers move with mathematical precision. A percussive score drives a fluid, almost urban movement vocabulary, inspired by groove and darkness. A new duet is flavoured with the quirky and unique performance styles of each dancer. barbarians is an extraordinarily elegant and intimate offering from one of the world’s most sought after choreographers.
“the shape-shifting choreography is moody and marvellous” – The Times
“superb stuff: juicy, nervy ensembles and a wittily unsettling commentary.” – The Guardian
Co-commissioned by Sadler’s Wells London, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Théâtre de la Ville – Paris, Berliner Festspiele – Foreign Affairs, Maison de la Danse- Lyon, Festival d’Avignon, HOME Manchester, Festspielhaus, St Pölten (including a working residency – the barbarians in love) and Hessisches Staatsballett, Staaststheater Darmstadt / Wiesbaden (including a working residency).