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Henri Oguike Dance Company
Akram Khan Company
Butterfly Dreaming Tour
Vertical Road music by Nitin Sawhney Akram Khan makes a welcome return to Brighton Dome with his latest full scale contemporary ensemble work, Vertical Road.
Visually inspiring and spiritually profound, Vertical Road draws on each performer’s cultural interpretation of the human odyssey.
For this project Khan has assembled a truly international cast of performers and artists from across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. With a specially commissioned score by long-term collaborator Nitin Sawhney, the work takes inspiration from universal myths of angels that symbolise 'ascension' – the road between the earthly and the spiritual, the Vertical Road.
Akram Khan is one of the UK's most celebrated dance talents. His choreography – 'flawless, gutsy and a joy to behold' (Time Out Sydney) – includes acclaimed collaborations with Sidi Larbi (Brighton Dome, 2006), National Ballet of China (Brighton Festival, 2008), Juliette Binoche, Sylvie Guillem, Anish Kapoor and Hanif Kureshi.
Sponsored by COLAS. Supported by Arts Council England Thu 28 Oct, 8pm Concert Hall £10, £15, £17.50, £20 £7.50 school groups, £10 students (excludes top two ticket prices) www.akramkhancompany.net 2
Image: Henri Oguike
Image: Rachel Cherry
An extraordinarily talented choreographer, one who can conjure near-miracles from the human form The Independent
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Henri Oguike – ‘one of the brightest hopes of British contemporary dance' (Daily Telegraph) – presents a stunning new triple bill and a hand-picked quintet of world-class dancers. Intense and unusual, yet shot through with trademark playfulness, Freq is a surprising solo piece played out to the music of Chopin. Point of Contact is classic Oguike: sensuality, beauty and sublime movement underscored by Bach’s lyrical suites for solo cello. Butterfly Dreaming is a full Company work inspired by the Far East and set to Tan Dun’s dramatic Ghost Opera recorded by the Kronos Quartet. Crafted on ChuangTzu’s famous philosophical conundrum, ‘the butterfly dream’, it takes wing on a flight of fantasy, exploring the boundaries between the real and imagined. Tue 9 Nov, 7.30pm Corn Exchange £15 (£12.50 concessions) £7.50 school groups
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