Contemporary Dance 2.0

 

Hofesh Shechter Company

 

 

 

 

Friday 15 and Saturday 16 July 2022

Duration: 1 hour (no interval). Age guidance: 13+

 

A rhythmic, fiercely energetic and exhilarating performance from celebrated choreographer Hofesh Shechter and his award-winning company Shechter II.

Contemporary Dance 2.0 unleashed the intensity of Shechter’s signature ensemble work combined with an eclectic sound-score of club-like euphoria and throbbing beats.

In a work that is dipped in ironic references to pop culture and making a playful take on Shechter’s own art form, in Contemporary Dance 2.0 only one thing is certain, the dancers do it their way.

Inspired by the original production created for GöteborgsOperans Danskompani in 2019 Contemporary Dance 2.0 is re-imagined by Shechter II, the very best of the next generation of world-class performers aged 18-25.

Contemporary Dance 2.0 is produced by Hofesh Shechter Company and co- commissioned by Düsseldorf Festival!, Espace 1789 Saint-Ouen, with production support from Théâtre de la Ville Paris, Teatro Comunale Città di Vicenza, and a production residency at Arts Depot, London.

 

Photos: Jamie Randall

 

Introduction to Hofesh Shechter Company

 

Hofesh Shechter Company is a boundary-breaking dance company that produces exceptional work created by Artistic Director Hofesh Shechter OBE, with, at its core, an extraordinary company of internationally diverse dancers.

Its mission is to create work that feels less like dance and more like life, to share experiences that awaken people in their gut, and matter to their soul, to nurture the next generation of dancers and to excite a new generation of audiences from across the world.

Shechter II is Hofesh Shechter Company’s paid development programme for the next generation of emerging artists aged 18-25 – a company of young dancers selected every two years and representing the most exceptional world-class dancers from across globe.

Hofesh Shechter Company gratefully receives support towards the delivery of Shechter II 2022, which includes core funding from John Ellerman Foundation and Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation . Hofesh Shechter Company is supported using public funding through Arts Council England and benefits from the support of BNP Paribas Foundation for the development of its projects.

 

About Hofesh Shechter

 

Choreographer Hofesh Shechter OBE is recognised as one of the most exciting artists making stage work today. Inspired by influences as diverse as Israeli folkdance, rock-gigs, installation art and film, his immersive and high-energy dance work is performed to percussive, cinematic musical scores that he composes himself. Since 2008 his eponymous company has performed at leading festivals and on major stages from Rio to Sydney, Shanghai to New York, winning him a passionate worldwide following.

Hofesh Shechter is an associate artist of Sadler’s Wells Theatre and Artist-in Residence of Gauthier Dance (2021-2023).

 

‘The mighty contemporary choreographer – a combination of dance-maker and rock-star, but with film-director sensibilities.’  The Times

‘One of the British dance scene’s hottest properties, the creator of works that are full of raw, visceral energy, set to blasting percussive scores that he composes himself.’  New York Times

 

Photo © Todd MacDonald