‘Dance should be the perfect art to bridge the gulf between aesthetes and athletes. It requires fitness, practice, dedicated pursuit of excellence and the sort of pain threshold that would make a professional fighter blanch. Yet a gulf between the two disciplines remains. The best art about sport is always about more than just sport. But then, as Rigal (choreographer of Game Over) suggests, so is the best sport.’ (London Evening Standard)
Read the full Evening Standard feature here
Dance meets sport and sport meets dance as we welcome two of Europe’s most acclaimed choreographers to Southbank Centre for the UK premieres of Game Over and Rocco.
Catch Game Over on 17 & 18 May at Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room. Get tickets here.
Catch Rocco on 22 & 23 May at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. Get tickets here.
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