TRIPLE BILL OF DANCE
Phoenix Dance Theatre presents a triple bill of intense, funny and beautiful works at Darlington Civic Theatre on Wednesday 4 May.
To celebrate their 35th year, Phoenix Dance Theatre presents three contrasting works at Darlington Civic Theatre.
Shakespeare’s timeless themes of desire, duplicity and unrequited love are brought to life in Kate Flatt’s Undivided Loves. Undivided Loves is based on the iconic material of Shakespeare’s most romantic sonnets. The main character, the Reader, interacts with two imagined lovers who inhabit his dreams conjured up in his intimate and private thoughts. The chosen sonnets 18, 128, 43, 129 and 36 explore the emotional landscapes of love, duplicity and betrayal and are played out in a dreamlike world. Percussionist Adriano Adewale’s music, with its Brazilian roots, transports the literary form to a more universal territory. The cultural diversity of the remarkable Phoenix dancers has enabled fresh invention of the sonnets danced here in a contemporary, global context.
In contrast, Dutch/Israeli choreographer Itzik Galili reworks his piece, Until.With/Out.Enough, which explores the concept of the enclosed space that exists within our minds. Until.With/Out.Enough is an emotional, abstract journey filled with intimacy, athletic power and tension.
To complete the bill, Bloom by award-winning choreographer Caroline Finn explores the darkly comic expressions of life and humanity.
Until.With/Out.Enough is a co-commission between The Royal Ballet and Phoenix Dance Theatre. Undivided Loves is co-commissioned with Watford Palace Theatre. Phoenix Dance Theatre gratefully acknowledges support from PRS for Music Foundation. Bloom is commissioned in partnership with the New Adventures Choreographer Award.
Phoenix Dance Theatre comes to Darlington Civic Theatre on Wednesday 4 May.
Tickets* £17 – £18.50, concessions £11 & £12.50
To book contact the Box Office on 01325 486 555 or visit www.darlingtoncivic.co.uk
*All prices include a £1 restoration levy