HOFESH SHECHTER COMPANY barbarians

a trilogy by Hofesh Shechter

The new show by Hofesh Shechter, barbarians, brings together three short pieces created between November 2014 and July 2015 in which Shechter presents three absolutely different visions of intimacy, passion and the banality of love. The first, the barbarians in lovE, is an elegant, intimate choreography for six performers, where baroque ecclesiastical music accompanies a truly contemporary confession. This is followed by tHE bAD, an explosion of volatile dubstep rhythms for five performers. The show ends with a duet that illustrates the unusual, ironic voice of its creator.

Closely linked to the Mercat de les Flors, where they have staged many of their shows, the Hofesh Shechter Company was formed in 2008 and now boasts wide international recognition.

barbarians

A trilogy by Hofesh Shechter
Performed by Hofesh Shechter Company

Dancers: Paula Alonso Gomez, Chien-Ming Chang, Frédéric Despierre, Bruno Guillore, Yeji Kim, Erion Kruja, Merel Lammers, Attila Ronai, Hannah Shepherd, Diogo Sousa

Part I: the barbarians in love
Choreography and Music: Hofesh Shechter
Lighting Collaborator: Lawrie McLennan
Voice: Victoria with Natascha McElhone
Additional Music: François Couperin, Les Concerts Royaux, 1722: Jordi Savall & Le Concert Des Nations, (2004)

INTERVAL

Part II: tHE bAD

Choreography and Music: Hofesh Shechter with original cast Maëva Berthelot, Sam Coren, Erion Kruja, Philip Hulford and Kim Kohlmann
Lighting Collaborator: Lawrie McLennan
Costume Maker: Amanda Barrow
Additional Music: Mystikal, Pussy Crook: Tarantula (2001) Hesperion XX, Jodi Savall, Paavin of Albarti (Alberti): Elizabethan Consort Music 1558 – 1603 (1998)

Part III: two completely different angles of the same fucking thing

Choreography: Hofesh Shechter with original casting Bruno Guillore, Winifred Burnet-Smith and Hannah Shepherd.
Lighting Collaborator: Lawrie McLennan
Additional Music: Abdullar Ibrahim, Maraba Blue: Cape Town Flowers (1997) Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall, In Nomine V a 5 (White): Elizabethan Consort Music 1558-1603 (1998) Bredren and MC Swift, Control: Control (2014)

barbarians Production Crew

Technical manager Lawrie McLennan
Re-lighter Alan Valentine
Sound Engineer Jonathan Beattie
Stage Manager Holly Gould

Co-commissioned by Sadler’s Wells London, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Théâtre de la Ville – Paris, Berliner Festspiele – Foreign Affairs, Maison de la Danse- Lyon, Festival d’Avignon, HOME Manchester, Festspielhaus, St Pölten (including a working residency – the barbarians in love) and Hessisches Staatsballett, Staaststheater Darmstadt / Wiesbaden (including a working residency).

Hofesh Shechter Company is supported by public funds from the National Lottery through Arts Council England