Momix: Greatest Hits!
London
These irrepressible showmen of the dance stage, a company founded by artistic director Moses Pendleton, celebrate 25 years of work with a production that promises to surf the funniest, most inventive and most jaw-dropping moments of their back catalogue. The evening includes highlights from two of the most recent Momix shows, Lunar Sea and Opus Cactus (both seen at the Peacock), as well as extracts from Orbit, Passion and Baseball. Expect virtuoso physical contortions, surreal jokes and extraordinary visual and light effects.
· Peacock Theatre, WC2, Tue 6 to Nov 24
Sakoba Dance Theatre
Kingston-upon-Thames, Farnham
Bode Lawal has spent his career redefining the parameters of African dance, and in Okan' Nijo, or One, he reflects on the journey he has taken through different dance traditions. The background to this piece is Lawal's exploration of the dance cultures of Brazil, India, China and Hong Kong. From observing similarities of gestures and rhythm that have migrated from one culture to another, Lawal looks towards creating a stylistic and spiritual fusion, or what he calls a post traditional technique. The work is accompanied by a new score from world music composer David Karagianis. Completing the programme is a revival of Aiduronijo, or Clockwork, in which the precision and intricacy of the dancers' movements oscillate within the rhythms of jazz composer Tim Garland, as well as new duet Ogo, or Glory, which evokes the world of the spirit.
· Kingston College, Arthur Cotterell Theatre, Sat 3; Farnham Maltings, Thu 8
Hull Twoweekends Dance Festival
Hull
This is the fourth of Hull's annual dance festivals, which takes place at various venues in the city over two weekends. Opening the festival this year is Instant Dissidence, whose dance theatre piece White Out Conditions combines visual imagery and movement in the portrayal of extreme beauty and the grotesque. Also in the first weekend is Nisbat, the latest work from the Sonia Sabri Company, which features Sabri's distinctively eclectic range of dance and music from India, moving from the subcontinent's Gypsy folk culture to its traditions of Sufi mysticism. In boisterous contrast is the highlight of the following weekend, Make & Break... And Make Again, in which a sand sculpture forms the centrepiece of a collaboration between Y-Dance Company's John Beney and Rhiana Laws of Far Flung Dance. Sculptor Jamie Wardley will be shaping a mass of builders' sand into a trio of giant dancing figures, whose bodies both frame the flesh and blood dancers and serve as their climbing apparatus.
· Various venues, Fri 9 to Nov 18
