A DRAMATIC AND DIVERTING VIEW OF ENGLAND TO GRASP ITS SOUL AND ALSO THE IRONY.
Excitement, ebullience and community spirit prevail as From England with Love offers a fresh and honest look at the country adopted by the choreographer and the young dancers of Shechter II selected from some of the finest in the world. The music is an ever so British medley to accompany them as they teasingly point out paradoxes in a generous country that clings to traditions such as school uniforms complete with ties. But ties can come to symbolize freedom, liberating the senses and releasing energy that distinguishes the Hofesh Shechter Company. The work is explosive, expressing sensuality and despair, far from a postcard impression. Shirts are removed, rebellion is brewing, and Hofesh Shechter declares his love for British society while shaking it up in his incomparable signature style.
Thomas Hahn
Choreography and music Hofesh Shechter
Lighting Tom Visser
Costumes Hofesh Shechter
Additional music, English compositions Edward Elgar, Tomas Talis, Henry Purcell et William H. Monk
With Holly Brennan, Yun-Chi Mai, Eloy Cojal Mestre, Matthea Lára Pedersen, Piers Sanders, Rowan Van Sen, Gaetano Signorelli, Toon Theunissen
Production Hofesh Shechter Company. Coproduction Château Rouge, scène conventionnée, Annemasse – Espace 1789, scène conventionnée danse, Saint-Ouen – Scène nationale de Bourgen- Bresse – Düsseldorf Festival ! – Escales Danse – Fondazione I Teatri Reggio Emilia. Résidence de création DanceEast, Ipswich. Première le 11 février 2021 au Zuiderstrandtheater, La Haye (Pays-Bas) par le Nederlands Dans Theater 1. Hofesh Shechter Company reçoit les soutiens qui permettent à la compagnie Shechter II 2024 d’exister : John Ellerman Foundation et Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation pour l’aide à la structuration, Jerwood Arts pour le projet Jerwood SII – soutenant l’insertion professionnelle des danseurs. Hofesh Shechter Company reçoit le soutien de la fondation BNP Paribas pour le développement de ses projets et des subventions publiques de l’Arts Council England.
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