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October 2019
Hailing from British Columbia, The Dancers of Damelahamid are an Indigenous dance company. Their rich history of masked dance inspires a compelling performance, celebrating the diversity and history of the many beautiful Canadian Indigenous cultures. Through dramatic dance, captivating narrative, intricately carved masks, and elaborate regalia, the company transform time and space, bringing the ancient into a living tradition.
March 2020
"Endling uses dance, vocals, music and design to reimagine tales of funerals and the mourning rituals of Scottish and Irish Gaels, with their chants, songs and customs. The-Rob Heaslip Company-unites popular and folk culture to create a tale of collective memory and consciousness in a world tinged with acid pink, green and purple. Contemporary meets traditional, macabre meets joyful, and morbid fascination is welcomed into the raucous world of a Gaelic wake. Staged with live Gaelic singing.-Please note: there is…
May 2020
"Inspired by the Greek legend of Icarus, this is the story of a girl who doesn't fit in, a girl who's learning to fly. Washed up on a tiny island, she studies the birds and begins to work out her escape. With unfolding wings, she soars up up and away . Learning to Fly is about the power of imagination and the sheer determination that lets you fly when forces all around want to pull you down. The award-winning-Barrowland Ballet-use…
Antigone, Interrupted-re-imagines a classic story for a contemporary world through the body and the voice of a single performer. In his first creation as Artistic Director of Scottish Dance Theatre, choreographer Joan Clevillé (Plan B-for Utopia,-The North) uses his distinctive mixture of dance, theatre and storytelling to present an intimate solo work created with acclaimed performer Solene Weinachter. Tickets are also available in the Phoenix Stores (you need to go in person) usually two or three weeks before…