Windrush: Movement of the People
Synopsis
PART OF A MIXED PROGRAMME OF WORK
The award-winning Phoenix Dance Theatre present a major new dance production for 2018 Windrush: Movement of the People, as part of their Mixed Programme.
A lively celebration of the rise of multicultural Britain, Windrush spans the spirit, history and heritage of British Caribbean culture, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the arrival of SS Empire Windrush that bought the first Caribbean migrants to the UK.
Choreographed by Artistic Director Sharon Watson, the work features an uplifting soundtrack from calypso and jazz to RnB and drum-n-bass by award winning composer Gary Crosby.
Audiences will also be treated to performances of Calyx by emerging choreographer Sandrine Monin, that explores the themes of beauty, desire and decadence, named as best premiere of 2017 by Dance Europe; and a revival of Shadows by Christopher Bruce, now featured in the AQA GCSE dance curriculum, and described by The Times as “emotive, traumatic and weighted with memory – or is it fear?”
Tickets
£16* – £10*
DISCOUNTS
£4 off Under 16s
£2.50 off 16 – 26 yrs
£2.50 off for over 60s and registered unemployed
15% off for Members
*Discounts are subject to availability and may be removed at any time. Only valid on certain performances - terms and conditions apply.
Credits & Acknowledgments
By Richard Moran
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Reviews
The Caribbean’s who answered the call to save postwar Britain sparked a dance explosion
The Guardian
A beautiful and moving piece
The Reviews Hub
Dance theatre doesn’t come much better than this” “Uplifting, thought-provoking, witty and very moving” “Truly magnificent new piece of narrative dance
Yorkshire Post
What Watson conveys, powerfully but economically, is how the culture that they brought with them brightened the drabness and meanness of the postwar years
The Observer
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