From 2nd to 24th May Dance City, the National Dance Agency for the
NE in association with culture10, part of the NewcastleGateshead Initiative,
will present Dancing the World '08, the largest dance festival ever
seen in the region, with performances, workshops and talks in a variety
of venues.
There will be performances at Dance City itself, Northern Stage and
the Theatre Royal, as well as site-specific pieces in Berwick and Castle
Morpeth.
Festival highlights include: Rennie Harris Puremovement (USA); Phoenix
Dance Theatre (UK); Kim Itoh and The Glorious Future (Japan) featured
in East Wind'08; DV8 (UK); Probe (UK) and Bonachela Dance Company (UK).
Friday 2 May, Saturday 3 May, 7.30pm at Dance City
Zero Visibility Corps: I have a secret to tell you (please) leave
with me
Monday 5 May at Dance City
Aracaladanza: !Nada Nada!: 2pm, 4.00pm
Tin Arts: Under the Sea: 11am, 2pm
A Bank Holiday celebration specially for families
Wednesday 7 May, 7.30pm at Dance City
Cie. Philippe Saire: Could I just draw your attention to the brevity
of life?
Thursday 8 May, 7.30pm at Dance City
Probe: Magpie
Thursday 8, Friday 9, Saturday 10 May, 7.30pm at Northern Stage
DV8: To be straight with you
Saturday 10 May, 7.30pm at Dance City
Bonachela Dance Company: Square Map of Q4
Sunday 11 May, 12 noon – 6pm at Dance City
Immerse – an embrace of music and technology
Nicole Vivien Watson and Benjamin Freeth will transform Dance City
into a series of intriguing exhibition spaces presenting innovative,
experimental work from a range of artists who merge technology with
movement.
Tuesday 13 May, 7.30pm at Dance City
Gemma Higginbotham and Philippe Blanchard/Adekwhat: Bits of Bob’s
Life
Tuesday 13, Wednesday 14 May, 7.30pm at the Theatre Royal
Rennie Harris PureMovement
Wednesday 14 May, 7.30pm at Northern Stage
balletLORENT: MaEternal
Thursday 15 May, Friday 16 May, 7.30pm at Dance City
Kim Itoh and The Glorious Future: Dead and Alive and Radio to Dance
Oguri: Wildflowers
Saturday 17 May, 7.30pm at Dance City
San Ji Jia: Snow and Duet
Kim Eun Hee: Burying Together
Ahn Nguyen: 2 by 2
Friday 23 May, Saturday 24 May, 7.30pm at Northern Stage
Phoenix Dance Theatre: Cattle Call
Tuesday 20 May, Wednesday 21 May, 6pm and 9pm at Dance City
Rui Horta: Scope
Friday 23 May, 7.30pm at Dance City
Fiona Wright: On lying
Saturday 24 May at Carlisle Park, Morpeth
Corpus: Les Moutons
Saturday 24 May, 7.30pm at Dance City
Belen Maya and Olga Pericet: OPEN PROJECT
Saturday 24 May, Sunday 25 May at Dance City
Flamenco Extravaganza
