The autumn dance and performance season at the Southbank Centre has
been announced, featuring two UK and two world premieres
Friday 25 and Saturday 26 September
Bonachela Dance Company
The Land of Yes and The Land of No
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm
UK premiere
In a new collaboration with Italian composer Ezio Bosso, Rafael Bonachela
presents the first work for his UK based company since being appointed
Artistic Director of Sydney Dance Company in November 2008. The
Land of Yes and The Land of No is a dynamic and emotional response
to the signs humans encounter every day. Bonachela has used the literal
directions that surround people's lives as stimulus for a choreographic
process of sense-driven interpretation.
Saturday 26 September
Academy of Performing Arts
An Evening of Indian Classical Dance
Purcell Room, 7pm
This double bill of Indian Classical dance includes performances from
leading Bharatanatyam dancer Rama Vaidyanathan, who is accompanied
by live vocal and instrumental music and Odissi exponent and rising
star Sarmistha Guha.
Dance Umbrella 2009
Dance Umbrella, London's international festival of contemporary dance
returns to Southbank Centre showcasing the work of emerging choreographers
together with cutting edge international artists.
Sunday 18 and Monday 19 October
A brief Encounter with…Nadia Beugré
Un Espace Vide: Moi
Purcell Room, 6.45pm
UK premiere
Nadia Beugré along with Béatrice Kombé created
an exclusively female, African urban dance company, Tché
Tché in 1997. Making her UK debut, Beugré presents
Un Espace Vide: Moi (An Empty Space: Me), a meditation
on loss and her process of moving through grief following Kombé's
untimely death in 2007. Beugré's solo is set to live singing
and traditional African instruments.
Sunday 18 and Monday 19 October
Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company
Hydra
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm
The creators of Wrapped, Oyster and Shaker,
Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak are known for their ability to create
highly imaginative choreography and weave fantasy, drama and comedy
in their work. The surreal Hydra is danced by a cast of twelve
performers including extraordinary costumes. Inspired by a Japanese
fable, the journey unfolds using a seamless blend of dance, mime
and acrobatics.
Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 October
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company
New Work and Faultline
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm
Wold premiere
Shobana Jeyasingh returns to Dance Umbrella with a double-bill featuring
the world premiere of a brand new work. Her choreography draws on
classical and contemporary influences, capturing the complexity
of living in a 21st-century urban environment. The atmospheric Faultline,
a work widely praised on its first outing in 2007, features eight
of the company's finest dancers and is set to a compelling score
by Scanner with composition for live voice by Errollyn Wallen. The
piece also includes original film by Pete Gomes shot in Southall
and Brick Lane. The athletic dancers bring a fierce dynamism to
Faultline contributing to a vivid portrayal of the turbulent
tensions amongst British Asian youth today.
Friday 23 October
B.Young B.Supreme
Purcell Room, 7.45pm
Following the Dare2Dance competition at the Royal Festival Hall in
July, the all-girl hip hop group finalists, who have received a summer
of training from top hip-hop companies, will compete to be the overall
winner in this special b.supreme event.
Friday 6 November
National Dance Company Wales
Lunatic (Nigel Charnock)/ New Work (Andonis Foniadakis)
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm
National Dance Company of Wales, formerly Diversions, presents two
new commissions. Nigel Charnock's first work created for the company,
Lunatic, takes inspiration from the glamour era of the late
1940s and 1950s. Greek choreographer Andonis Foniadakis also makes
his company debut with a new work that focuses on his hallmark technical
virtuosity and fluidity; set to an original score from Julien Tarride.
Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 November
Daredevas
Daredevas, now in its fourth year, presents South Asian artists performing
traditional Indian dance styles. This year six emerging dancers will
perform the styles of Odissi, Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam and Kathak.
Purcell Room, 7.45pm
Friday 27 November
Motionhouse
Scattered
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm
Scattered is a new work from the highly physical dance theatre
company Motionhouse which explores the central theme of water. Performed
on a huge curved floor, multiple projection technology creates a world
in which dancers move using aerial silks and harnesses.
Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 December
Oshima Noh Theatre of Hiroshima & Theatre Nohgaku
Kiyotsune/Pagoda
Purcell Room, 7.30pm
World premiere
This is a rare opportunity to catch a performance of Japanese Noh
theatre in London. The performance features an extract from the classical
warrior play Kiyotsune and the world premiere of Pagoda, a new English-language
Noh play that deals with the emotional nuances of migration, identity
and longing.
Christmas 2009
Friday 11 - Tuesday 22 December
Ennio Marchetto
Purcell Room, 8pm, 3pm (Saturday and Sunday matinees)
The award-winning Ennio Marchetto returns to Southbank Centre with
his special Christmas show. The original quick-changing artist has
revolutionised the art of origami into a theatrical magic form of
entertainment. This solo performance of paper costumes of celebrities
such as Madonna and Freddie Mercury and split second transformations
is backed by an eclectic soundtrack.
Wednesday 16 December - Sunday 10 January
Into the Hoods
ZooNation
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm 2pm and 7.45pm (on selected dates),
5pm Sundays
Into the Hoods tells the story of two runaway kids and their adventures
in the ominous Ruff Endz estate. Artistic Director and one of the
UK's leading street dance choreographers Kate Prince and her critically
acclaimed dance company ZooNation, created this production using
their trademark narrative street dance/theatre style to put an energetic
and humorous spin on Stephen Sondheim's classic musical Into
the Woods.
