London’s Coronet Theatre – international season of dance with 5 UK or World premieres

This Autumn, London's Coronet Theatre presents 5 UK or World premieres in a season of dance from Korea, France, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Spain and the UK.

The season features companies that merge text and video with dance, “creating a multi-facetted fusion of art forms that reflects the creativity of the contemporary artistic conversation”.

Anda Winters, Artistic Director, said,

Artists have always opened a window into the world and the pressures of times in which they live. The cultures may be very different across the globe, but the themes are universal. Our season reflects how this international group of creators – dancers, poets, musicians and theatre-makers use visual art and movement, from digital to traditional, to examine the pressures of cultural expectation. Using a broad artistic pallet, they voice the need to free ourselves from existing convention, and energise the conversation about the rapidly changing world in which we now live.

Rhythm of Human

Wednesday 13 – Friday 15 September

Leading Korean contemporary dance company Ambiguous Dance Company return to The Coronet following last year's sold-out Body Concert with a UK premiere which follows the story of a modern Korean man who tries to break free from societal expectations and norms.

The Yellow Wallpaper

Thursday 21 September – Saturday 7 October

A new staging of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's hugely influential semi-autobiographical novella. Combining theatre, dance, live video and sound, this genre-defying production is directed by Stephanie Mohr, and is performed by acclaimed actress and theatre maker Aurélia Thiérrée and Japanese dancer and choreographer Fukiko Takase.

Las Alegrías (The Joys)

Friday 27 – Saturday 28 October

A UK Premiere from Spanish dancer and choreographer Paula Quintana. Performed on a body of water in the shadow of a suspended meteorite, this moving piece is a multidisciplinary spectacle blending dance with the texts of feminist writer and activist Roy Galán.  

A Triple Bill

Friday 10 – Saturday 11 November

Italian dancer and choreographer Luigia Riva presents a triple bill of performance art spanning both the theatre and studio spaces. InCorpore(o) and Inretita are established pieces created in collaboration with writer and biologist Daniele Derossi. Involo will premiere at The Coronet Theatre, choreographed for dancer Nina Khokham.

Father Politics

Thursday 23 – Friday 24 November

Emerging Swiss hip-hop and contemporary dance collective Company MEK presents the UK premiere of their explosive piece Father Politics. Led by Muhammed Kalkut, Company MEK blend energetic innovative hip-hop dance with a diverse political voice.

Then Or Now

Friday 1 December at 7.30pm

Ballet Black celebrates the end of the 2023 Ballet Black: Pioneers season with a ‘made for film' screening of their latest film Then Or Now – a powerful classical ballet set against the backdrop of Adrienne Rich's poetry.

HOW TO BOOK:

020 3642 6606
thecoronettheatre.com (£2.50 booking fee)
In person at the Box Office (Mon – Sat, 10am – 5.30pm)

Address: The Coronet Theatre, 103 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3LB
Nearest tube: Notting Hill Gate (Central, Circle and District lines)

Gramilano( Editor )

Graham Spicer is a writer, director and photographer in Milan, blogging (under the name ‘Gramilano') about dance, opera, music and photography for people “who are a bit like me and like some of the things I like”. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy.

His scribblings have appeared in various publications from Woman's Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the ‘Danza in Italia' column for Dancing Times magazine.