The first ever Dance International Glasgow (DIG) is is set to take place at the Tramway from Friday April 24-Saturday June 6, with more than 40 events across the six weeks including six world premieres plus a host of UK premieres, family shows, exhibitions and talks.
The biennial event aims to showcase the most exciting dance artists and companies both from Scotland and across the globe, and with such a variety of productions and showcases here's a look at just a few of the highlights.
1. The world premiere of Barrowland Ballet’s hotly-anticipated new show ‘Whiteout’ (Wednesday April 29 and Thursday April 30) is a deeply personal dance theatre show about bi-racial relationships and features new music by Luke Sutherland of Mogwai.
Barrowland Ballet's Whiteout
2. There will be two world premieres from internationally renowned choreographer Marc Brew: ‘Exalt’ (Friday April 24 and Saturday April 25) has been created in association with Scottish Ballet and Indepen-dance 4 and it promises to rock the boundaries of ballet, while ‘For Now, I Am…’ (Tuesday May 26 and Wednesday May 27), is a more intimate solo piece.
Marc Brew For Now I Am...
3. Some of the brightest talents in contemporary dance are represented at DIG, with Colette Sadler’s ‘Geist’ (Tuesday May 5 and Wednesday May 6), a celebration of the relationship between the living and the non-living, and Ultimate Dancer’s look at the dark reality of occult ritual in ‘Holy Smoke’ (Friday May 15 and Saturday May 16).
Holy Smoke
4. From Lithuania, the UK premiere of ‘Home Trip’ (Friday May 15 and Saturday May 16) is a fusion of street dance, music, theatre and literature focusing on the relationships between parents and their adult children.
Home Trip
5. Top name in contemporary dance Aakash Odedra presents ‘Murmur’, charting his relationship with his childhood dyslexia and ‘Inked’ about his grandmother’s tattoos (Wednesday May 29 and Thursday May 30).
Inked
6. Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company and Simon Fildes and Katrina McPherson present their interactive video installation ‘Hyperchoreography’ (Friday April 24 until Sunday May 10), which allows the viewer to control the dancers’ movements, plus 'Jumping Frames' (Friday May 1 and Saturday May 2), showcasing the best in dance made specifically for the screen in China.
Hyperchoreography
Dance International Glasgow, Tramway, Friday April 24-Saturday June 6.
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