Mark Bruce Company: The Odyssey, On tour
In collaboration with the same team who worked on his darkly imagined Dracula, choreographer Mark Bruce explores similarly mythic terrain in his latest production. Based on the Homerian epic that narrates Odysseus’s journey home after the battle of Troy, Bruce’s own work is a free, time-warping interpretation of the poem, exploring man’s search for meaning and safety in a treacherous world. The production’s setting moves from New York to Hades; its music runs the gamut from Mozart to Mark Lanegan, and the cast is led by the excellent Jonathan Goddard and Hannah Kidd.
Merlin Theatre, Thu to 6 Feb; touring to 28 Apr
Compagnie Yoann Bourgeois: Celui Qui Tombe (He Who Falls), London
French choreographer Yoann Bourgeois works with circus and contemporary dance to explore a world of weightlessness and gravity. Aptly titled, his new work places six performers in a shifting, pivoting, swinging environment that galvanises them into performing extreme manoeuvres to keep themselves on their feet. The work promises to be both nerve-wracking and fun: set to a soundtrack of the world’s greatest musical hits, from the Casta Diva aria to Frank Sinatra’s My Way, it’s designed to appeal to audiences aged eight and over.
