Grand Finale
Choreography & Music by Hofesh Shechter
Performed by Hofesh Shechter Company
Set & Costumes designed by Tom Scutt
Lighting designed by Tom Visser
Music Collaborators: Nell Catchpole and Yaron Engler
Grand Finale is Hofesh's feverishly anticipated new production. Part dance, part gig, part theatre and wholly original, his work has its own instantly identifiable and entirely unique voice.Grand Finale shows us a world in freefall, where humanity spirals through surreal scenes and emotions towards its own end point. Mythic and elemental, Hofesh's vision is at once comic, bleak and beautiful, evoking a world at odds with itself, full of anarchic energy and violent comedy.
Intricate, chiselled choreographic patterns and a dynamic score performed live meet in a heady mix of power and emotion, to tell a simple tale about the human spirit.
The company’s exceptional ensemble of dancers comes from 8 different countries. They are Chien-Ming Chang, Frédéric Despierre, Rachel Fallon, Mickael Frappat, Yeji Kim, Kim Kohlmann, Erion Kruja, Merel Lammers, Attila Ronai, Diogo Sousa with Associate Director Bruno Guillore.
“The mighty contemporary choreographer – a combination of dance-maker and rock-star, but with film-director sensibilities.” The Times
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Grand Finale is produced by Hofesh Shechter Company and commissioned by Georgia Rosengarten.
Our Commissioning partners are Sadler's Wells, Théâtre de la Ville-Paris / La Villette-Paris and Brighton Dome and Festival. Co-commissioned by Colours International Dance Festival Stuttgart, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Romaeuropa Festival, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Marche Teatro / Inteatro Festival together with Danse Danse Montréal, Hellerau-European Center for the Arts Dresden, Dansens Hus Oslo, Athens and Epidaurus Festival, HOME Manchester and Scène Nationale d’Albi.
The new creation is generously supported by the International Music and Arts Foundation.
Tour Dates 2017
1-2 June: Previews, Theatre Royal Plymouth
14 – 24 June: World Premiere, La Villette, Paris
8 – 9 July: Athens and Epidaurus Festival*
18 – 19 July: Colours Internationl Dance Festival, Stuttgart
12 – 16 September: UK Premiere, Sadler’s Wells, London* (Priority booking opens for patrons and members 15 May, Public booking opens 22 May)
1 – 4 November: Danse Danse Montreal*
9 – 11 November: Brooklyn Academy Music, New York*
24 - 26 November: Dansens Hus, Oslo*
12 December: Scène Nationale d’Albi*
More dates to be announced.
*Venues not yet on sale