Last Updated on February 7, 2022
Dance Consortium – Contemporary Dance Returns to London – Preview
With live performance back it’s great to be able to announce two exciting contemporary dance tours under the aegis of Dance Consortium, a group of 18 large-scale UK and Irish venues. First up is Acosta Danza’s 100% Cuban.
Dance superstar Carlos Acosta’s Havana-based company returns to the UK with a thrilling new mixed bill of five works ‘all infused with Cuba’s rich music and dance influences. 100% Cuban features UK premieres from three exciting young Cuban choreographers – Liberto by Raúl Reinoso, Hybrid by Norge Cedeno Raffo and De Punta a Cabo by Alexis Fernandez (Maca).
Also in the programme are two big hits from the 2020 UK tour – Paysage, soudain, la nuit by Sweden’s Pontus Lidberg and Impronta by Spanish choreographer Maria Rovira. We loved Birmingham Royal Ballet’s ‘Curated by Carlos’ show at Sadler’s Wells (see our review) and this is sure to be a big hit with audiences. Listings are below with the tour kicking off Wednesday 9 – Saturday 12 February at 7.30 pm, Sadler’s Wells Theatre.
A week later sees the Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (NDT 2) return to the UK and Ireland for the first time since 2016. The contemporary dance company’s eighteen young dancers will feature in a triple bill of works set to music ranging from Tori Amos hits to French-Lebanese jazz trumpet Ibrahim Maalouf and a Haydn piano trio. NDT 2 is now under the directorship of Emily Molnar, formerly artistic director of Ballet British Columbia from 2009 to 2020 and dancer with Frankfurt Ballet under director William Forsythe and the three choreographers on this bill – Marco Goecke, Hans van Manen and Johan Inger – all have strong links to the company. Marco Goecke’s The Big Crying, has its UK and Ireland premiere on this tour and is a personal and moving piece about the fragility of life and love set to a series of songs by Tori Amos.
Dutch maestro Hans van Manen has been involved with NDT since it was founded in 1959, first as a dancer, then choreographer, then artistic director from 1961 until 1970. His exquisite quartet, Simple Things, created for NDT 2 in 2001, is a master class in simplicity and has been described as ‘pure dance art’. The score features Haydn’s Piano Trio No 28 in E major as well as modern compositions for piano and accordion. Johan Inger, a former dancer with the Swedish Royal Ballet and NDT, 2020 piece for NDT 2, is the programme’s second UK and Ireland premiere. The uplifting and unpredictable IMPASSE bursts onto the stage to the joyful music of French-Lebanese jazz trumpeter and composer, Ibrahim Maalouf. Inger celebrates the strength of togetherness over isolation in our world today.
Listings for NDT2 are also below with the contemporary dance tour kicking off Wednesday 16 – Saturday 19 February at 7.30 pm, Sadler’s Wells Theatre.
Listings Acosta Danza 100% Cuban
Wednesday 9 – Saturday 12 February at 7.30 pm Sadler’s Wells Theatre, LONDON Rosebery Ave, London EC1R 4TN Tickets: 020 7863 8000 / www.sadlerswells.com
Tuesday 15 & Wednesday 16 February at 7.30 pm Royal Concert Hall, NOTTINGHAM Theatre Square, Nottingham NG1 5ND Tickets: 0115 989 5555 / www.trch.co.uk
Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 February at 7.30 pm The Lowry, SALFORD Pier 8, The Quays, Salford, M50 3AZ Tickets: 0343 208 6000 / www.thelowry.com
Friday 25 & Saturday 26 February at 7.30 pm HULL New Theatre Kingston Square, Hull HU1 3HF Tickets: 01482 300306 / www.hulltheatres.co.uk
Tuesday 1 & Wednesday 2 March at 7.30 pm The Marlowe Theatre CANTERBURY The Friars, Canterbury CT1 2AS Tickets: 01227 787787 / www.marlowetheatre.com
Friday 4 & Saturday 5 March at 7.30 pm Theatre Royal PLYMOUTH Royal Parade, Plymouth PL1 2TR Tickets: 01752 267222 / www.theatreroyal.com
Listings Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT)
NDT 2 Wednesday 16 – Saturday 19 February at 7.30 pm Sadler’s Wells Theatre, LONDON Rosebery Ave, London EC1R 4TN Tickets: 020 7863 8000 / www.sadlerswells.com Wednesday 16 February: post-show Q&A with members of the company
Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 February at 7.30 pm NORWICH Theatre Royal Theatre St, Norwich NR2 1RL Tickets: 01603 630000 / www.norwichtheatre.org Tuesday 22 February: post-show Q&A with members of the company
Friday 25 & Saturday 26 February at 7.30 pm Royal Concert Hall NOTTINGHAM Theatre Square, Nottingham NG1 5ND Tickets: 0115 989 5555 / www.trch.co.uk Friday 25 February: post-show Q&A with members of the company
Tuesday 1 & Wednesday 2 March at 7.30 pm Theatre Royal PLYMOUTH Royal Parade, Plymouth PL1 2TR Tickets: 01752 267222 / www.theatreroyal.com Tuesday 1 March: post-show Q&A with members of the company
Friday 4 & Saturday 5 March at 7.30 pm The Marlowe Theatre CANTERBURY The Friars, Canterbury CT1 2AS Tickets: 01227 787787 / www.marlowetheatre.com Friday 4 March: post-show Q&A with members of the company
Friday 11 & Saturday 12 March at 7.30 pm Eden Court, INVERNESS Bishops Rd, Inverness IV3 5SA Tickets: 01463 234234 / www.eden-court.co.uk Friday 11 March: post-show Q&A with members of the company
Tuesday 15 & Wednesday 16 March at 7.30 pm NEWCASTLE Theatre Royal 100 Grey St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6BR Tickets: 0844 811 2121 / www.theatreroyal.co.uk Tuesday 15 March: post-show Q&A with members of the company
Monday 2 & Tuesday 3 May at 7.30 pm Bord Gais Energy Theatre DUBLIN Grand Canal Square, Docklands, Dublin, Ireland Tickets: +353 1 677 7999 / www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie Monday 2 May: post-show Q&A with members of the company
Friday 6 & Saturday 7 May at 7.30 pm EDINBURGH Festival Theatre 13-29 Nicolson St, Edinburgh EH8 9FT Tickets: 0131 529 6000 / www.capitaltheatres.com Friday 6 May: post-show Q&A with members of the company
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