The Place marks the conclusion of the two-decade tenure of Theatre Director John Ashford with The Turning World.
The season of international dance takes place from 2 – 24 June and features seven companies from across Europe in 12 performances.
Ashford, who has been responsible for the progamme at Britain’s busiest dance venue since 1986, created The Turning World in 1990 to provide London audiences with an opportunity to see dance companies from around the world who were then relatively unknown in Britain. The season featured groundbreaking work from artists including Alain Platel, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Wim Vandekeybus, Meryl Tankard, Rui Horta and Sasha Waltz in the days before they enjoyed international acclaim.
Originally conceived to ‘dance to the edge of an millenium’, The Turning World ran for ten years until 1999, and was then revived in 2007 as a renewed response to the work created beyond the UK’s borders which remains otherwise unseen in London.
John Ashford leaves The Place in June 2009 to take on a new role as Director of the European dance network Aerowaves. The programme for his valedectory season is a typically broad selection of distinctive and uncompromising works which collectively represent what is at the cutting edge of European and world dance today.
The Turning World
Tue 2 & Wed 3 Jun 8pm
The Symptoms (Hungary)
Fri 5 & Sat 6 Jun 8pm
Liquid Loft/Chris Haring (Austria)
Fri 5 & Sat 6 Jun 9.15pm
Cie Philippe Saire (Switzerland)
Fri 12 & Sat 13 Jun 8pm
Erna Ómarsdóttir (Iceland)
Fri 19 & Sat 20 Jun 8pm
Double Bill: DOT504 (Czech Republic)
Simona Bertozzi (Italy)
Tue 23 & Wed 24 Jun
Yasmeen Godder (Israel)
above: Cie Philippe Saire, main image: Simona Bertozzi