Dance City is inviting the public to a special evening on 26th January with a preview sharing and their season launch. The event is free of charge to attend.
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Dance producer, Farooq Chaudhry, whose most known for his productions with Akram Khan, English National Ballet and Yang Liping, will be at Dance City from 16th-27th January for a residency for their new show Nine Songs.
The residency includes a preview performance on evening of 26th January 2023 ahead of the premiere later in the year with other partners, and Dance City is keen to open their doors to the public and local communities to experience this.
Come to Dance City for 6pm to enjoy some nibbles and drinks. They will be introducing highlights of their Spring/Summer season and a chance to speak to some of the people behind the shows. Then from 6.45pm doors will open to the theatre for the preview sharing of Nine Songs which will begin at 7pm.
This evening promises to be a world-class experience with an Olivier Award winning creative team presenting international sounds.
Following the performance, the ticket office will remain open for enquiries as will the bar to meet for a Question and Answer session with the Nine Songs team and other artists from the season.
Nine Songs
Nine Songs belongs to the Verses of Chu, the second oldest poetry anthology from 300 B.C. and remains the quintessential seed of lyric poetry in Chinese Romantic literature. In ancient times these poems were created to be performed with music and dance at the cusp of seasonal transitions, to serve as potent meditations for human beings and the deities of the natural world.
In essence Nine Songs is a nostalgic personal reflection at the threshold between the bygone Age of Mythology and the imminent Age of Reason. A gateway between our inner and outer selves.
This performance was conceptualised by musician and vocalist Rui Fu. It includes both ancient Chinese and Western instruments into its own ritual onstage; this decision illustrates the desire to create mutually respectful musical conversations that follows a new order of curious harmonisation, which reveals the equality and unity of all artists involved.
The Performance is 60 minutes (no interval) The performance will include costume, set design and movement: Singer – Rui Fu; Violin – Preetha Narayanan; Chinese Guqin – Xiaogang Zeng; Chinese Dulcimer – Chao Tian; Percussion – Joji Hirota; Celtic Harp – Ruth Wall; Music Director – Jocelyn Pook; and Lighting Designer – Fabiana Piccioli.