I have seen Hofesh Shechter Company more times than any other contemporary company since I first started watching dance so I am saddened to read of the departure of three of their longstanding dancers: the incredible Erion Kruja, Kim Kohlmann and Merel Lammers.
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Erion especially I think I have seen in every Shechter show (apart from Show (Shechter II)), sometimes more than once, and I have loved watching him dance: so distinctive and individual, a real touchstone within the company ranks.
All three are moving on to new projects and I wish them well and will keep an eye out for them in the future.
The five amazing dancers who I watched and loved three nights in a row at HOME in tHE bAD (and then twice more when that became the central section of Barbarians: a trilogy) have now all left the company...
In other news, the company have announced new projects for 2020: Double Murder - a new double bill of Clowns and a new, 'gentler' work - will premiere at the Brighton Festival in May then appear at HOME and tour.
Hopefully the BBC film of Clowns that was shown as part of their Performance Live season in 2018, will become available again.
Some of the exciting Shechter II's first incarnation are moving to replace Erion, Kim and Merel in the main company and the new incarnation will be touring a new, reworked POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED. The original production of Political Mother is still probably the most remarkable, experiential dance show I have ever seen, so I look forward to seeing it i this new version.
Grand Finale will continue to tour.
All three are moving on to new projects and I wish them well and will keep an eye out for them in the future.
The five amazing dancers who I watched and loved three nights in a row at HOME in tHE bAD (and then twice more when that became the central section of Barbarians: a trilogy) have now all left the company...
In other news, the company have announced new projects for 2020: Double Murder - a new double bill of Clowns and a new, 'gentler' work - will premiere at the Brighton Festival in May then appear at HOME and tour.
Hopefully the BBC film of Clowns that was shown as part of their Performance Live season in 2018, will become available again.
Some of the exciting Shechter II's first incarnation are moving to replace Erion, Kim and Merel in the main company and the new incarnation will be touring a new, reworked POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED. The original production of Political Mother is still probably the most remarkable, experiential dance show I have ever seen, so I look forward to seeing it i this new version.
Grand Finale will continue to tour.