This short piece, choreographed by Silas Farley for Washington Ballet Dancer Gian Carlo Perez, captures the impressive beauty of the U.S Capital’s great Lincoln Memorial.

This co-commission from The Washington Ballet and Marquee TV is set to an outstanding archival recording of Copland’s Fanfare For The Common Man, recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Copland himself.

Watch Choreographer Silas Farley’s moving dance piece set to Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for The Common Man.

Fanfare for the Common Man

Under the direction of Mourad Merzouki, Phénix shakes up the codes between musicians and dancers for a delightful and unexpected encounter between the viola da gamba and hip-hop dance.

Under the direction of Mourad Merzouki, Phénix shakes up the codes between musicians and dancers.

Phénix - Mourad Merzouki

South African brothers Siphe and Mthuthuzeli November dance together for the first time since their childhood in Zolani. 

Both talented dancers, the brothers were separated as children to study at ballet schools a world apart -Siphe with The National Ballet of Canada (Toronto) and Mthuthuzeli with Ballet Black (London, U.K.). In this moving work filmed at the Battersea Arts Centre, they come together to perform a beautiful piece inspired by their relationship as brothers. This piece was part of Fall For Dance North's 2022 festival.

My Mother’s Son unites South African brothers Siphe November and Mthuthuzeli November in performance for the first time since their childhood.

My Mother's Son

In 1998 Mourad Merzouki created Récital, in which the energy of hip-hop mingled with the fragile sound of violins to create a dialogue between six dancers. Hip-hop becomes an art form for him and Merzouki´s Compagnie Käfig begins to tour the world. 16 years later he unites five of his choreographer friends and thirty dancers in order to create Répertoire#1which revives the most memorable pieces of the last years and gives these pieces a continuous life while presenting their creators in their esthetic uniqueness.

This new ballet presents a piece each by Kader Attou, Anthony Égéa, Bouba Landrille Tschouda, and Marion Motin and four pieces by Mourad Merzouki to form an evening´s spectacle. The who´s who of French hip-hop repeats what has happened in the arts time and again: a popular movement is elevated to so called high art.

Mourad Merzouki unites five of his choreographer friends and thirty dancers in order to create Répertoire#1.

Répertoire#1

Watch a full program choreographed by contemporary dance master Carolyn Carlson. 

Over the course of her career,  Franco-American choreographer Carlson has crafted well over 100 works. Her pieces have played a key role in the blossoming of French and Italian contemporary dance, and her style has left a lasting impact on the contemporary dance world.

Discover some of her most iconic works in this tribute to the great choreographer. The program features five of Carlson's incredible pieces performed by dancers from her company,  Atelier de Paris-Carolyn Carlson, plus a final piece danced by Carlson herself. 


Program: 
The Seven’th Man 
It’s Alright 
Wind Women 
Mandala 
Prologue


A unique evening programmed and orchestrated by choreographer and dancer Carolyn Carlson, which will in a way conclude her career.

Island: Tribute to Carolyn Carlson

Ten years after Mikhail Baryshnikov and Ana Laguna’s iconic duet, Place, Mats Ek brings to life a second duet at the Paris Opera. 

Echoing the original duet, Another Place follows a couple as they navigate love, its impulses, its exhaustion, the emotional wear and tear, and the vulnerability of rekindling the flame of love. 

Set to Franz Liszt’s dramatic Sonata in B minor this piece is a dialogue between a couple that only Mats Ek knows how to portray. This duet also marked Stéphane Bullion’s final performance with the Paris Opera Ballet adding an extra layer of bittersweet love.

Echoing the mythical duet of Ana Laguna and Mikhail Baryshnikov in Place, Mats Ek composed Another Place at the Paris Opera ten years later.

Another Place by Mats Ek

Hip Hop choreographer Mourad Merzouki brings to life a new work for the technological age. 

Together with his Compagnie Käfig Merzouki is credited with elevating Hip Hop, turning it into a contemporary dance form that is on par with Modern Dance or other expressions of today's dance world. 

This visually stunning co-production between Merzouki and digital artists Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne, Pixel was inspired by the everyday confrontation with, ‘’images, video screens, digitalization. Screens surround us.’’ Dancers interact with digital projections, manipulating the synthetic world they exist in. 

Hip Hop choreographer Mourad Merzouki brings to life a new work for the technological age. 

Pixel

Bold, unpredictable, and innovative. Multi-award-winning choreographer Alexander Ekman's Hammer is a humorous critique of our image-obsessed world. 

A harmonious commune of altruistic individuals begins to dissolve as they adopt a more modern life. With all eyes on them, the community becomes gradually more individualistic and egotistical. Ekman shines a light on the skewed values of contemporary society with talented dancers of the GöteborgsOperans Danskompani. Hammer is a bold testament to Ekman's creative powers.  

Bold, unpredictable, and innovative. Multi-award-winning choreographer Alexander Ekman's Hammer is a humorous critique of our image-obsessed world. 

Alexander Ekman: Hammer

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's breathtaking tribute to the serene and meditative beauty of water. 

Inspired by the Buddhist proverb ''Flowers in a mirror and the moon on water are both illusive,'' choreographer Lin Hwai-min has created a poetic exploration of the ever-changing and cyclical nature of life. Set to the backdrop of Bach's Six Cello Suites, played by Mischa Maisky, dancers move in front of a mirror on a reflective stage playing with the elusive nature of reflection. Through years of Tai Chi training with master Shong Wei, the Cloud Gate dancers exude control and balance in their movements giving the impression of sculptural stillness that is nothing short of mesmirizing.  

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's breathtaking tribute to the serene and meditative beauty of water. 

Moon Water

Fall for Dance North presents More Forever, directed by Oscar-nominated Barbara Willis-Sweete, and choreographed by New York’s celebrated artist Caleb Teicher. 

More forever blurs the lines between movement and music. Set to a percussive score composed and performed by contemporary pianist Conrad Tao, this performance leaps to life on a sand-coated stage. As Tao plays his score live on a grand piano as dancers perform around him. The eclectic choreography draws influence from jazz, tap, and Lindy Hop creating an infectiously playful work. This is a dance that sneaks up on you and soaks you in its sheer musicality.

More Forever is a captivating percussive dance and music work with New York’s Caleb Teicher & Company and Conrad Tao.

More Forever

Explore the seven sins through dance, envy, greed, gluttony, anger, lust, sloth, and pride.

This ambitious project, put together by Eric Gauthier, brings together seven A-list choreographers of worldwide fame. Each of them transforms a mortal sin into a short work for Gauthier Dance// Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart. 

The result: seven fiercely moving premieres from Aszure Barton, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Sharon Eyal, Marcos Morau, Sasha Waltz, and the two Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart artists in residence: Marco Goecke and Hofesh Shechter.

Program:
Greed - Sidi Larbi Cherkoui 
Sloth - Aszure Barton 
Pride - Marcos Morau 
Gluttony - Marco Goecke 
Lust - Hofesh Shechter 
Wrath - Sasha Waltz 
Envy - Sharon Eyal

Eric Gauthier presents his collective collage portraying the seven deadly sins in movement at the Stuttgart Theaterhaus.

Gauthier Dance: The Seven Sins

Between dream and reality a girl finds herself in an empty theatre’s audience (Royal Danish Theatre) to find out there are other people there with her. While events between the dancers unfold, a voice guides them on a journey of surreality where the relation between the audience and the stage is connected by a subtle veil.

A voice guides a group of dancers on a journey of surreality where the relation between the audience and the stage is connected by a subtle veil.

VIVIDREAM

A captivating story told through BSL, voice and movement, Unspoken Spoken is performed by a cast of disabled and non-disabled dancers. Created and filmed with support from digital commissioning body The Space, Arts Council England and the BBC, the film seeks to raise awareness of Candoco’s work amongst a digital audience for the first time.

A captivating story told through BSL, voice and movement, Unspoken Spoken is performed by a cast of disabled and non-disabled dancers.

Unspoken Spoken (Audio Described)

The Ballet Boyz, internationally acclaimed world leaders in groundbreaking stage, film and dance projects - celebrate their 20th anniversary with Deluxe.  

Fusing the work of some of the world’s leading choreographers and composers, Deluxe showcases just why Ballet Boyz have earned their reputation. 

Deluxe includes a work by Chinese dancer and choreographer Xie Xin and Maxine Doyle, who collaborates with Cassie Kinoshi, composer of the Mercury Award nominated SEED Ensemble.

Ballet Boyz celebrate 20 years of world-class dance with Deluxe, a fusion of some of the world’s most exciting choreographers and composers. 

Deluxe

BalletBoyz perform Liam Scarlett’s Serpent and Russell Maliphant’s Fallen with music by Max Richter and Armand Amar, accompanied by BBC Concert Orchestra.

BalletBoyz perform Liam Scarlett’s Serpent and Russell Maliphant’s Fallen.

Ballet Boyz Live at the Roundhouse

After the success of their collaboration in Boxe Boxe (2010), choreographer Mourad Merzouki and the Debussy string quartet once again explore the mixing of genres. This piece transforms boxing into a poetic dance, accompanied by music that channels Brazilian energy through classical string instruments. Although they are improbable, Merzouki and Compagnie Käfig’s crossbreeding of genres and styles consistently prove visionary and exciting. Boxe Boxe Brasil is no exception.

Choreographer Mourad Merzouki and the Debussy string quartet once again explore the mixing of genres

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