Narcisse Pelletier, a Vendée young sailor, after a shipwreck in 1850, spends 17 years in a tribe of Aboriginal in the extreme northern of Australia.
In twenty paintings, the Chicos Mambo revisit various dances and play with choreographic codes, without taboo. The tutu, yes, but not only. They take-on contemporary dance, from Pina Bausch to Dancing with the Stars, from Nadia Comăneci and her followers, to tango and even haka… . Each painting is a colorful surprise. The company happily transports us to its whimsical and theatrical universe. The humorous inventions are underlined by the costumes, delirious variations on the…
A band of seven men, bursting with intense, yet multi-layered masculine energy, delve into manifold themes such as change and sensuality.
An invitation to study the too little-known world of sign language !
Akram Khan’s Desh was an instant hit with audiences and critics alike when it was first presented in 2011. Now, Akram Khan Company, and Theatre-Rites director Sue Buckmaster have adapted Khan’s much-loved production for children aged 7+ and their families. Chotto Desh, meaning ‘small homeland’, draws on Khan’s unique quality of cross-cultural storytelling, creating a compelling tale of a young man’s dreams and memories from Britain to Bangladesh. Using a magical mix of dance, text, visuals and…