Phoenix Dance Theatre return with four exciting and musically diverse world premiere pieces as Particle Velocity comes to the Liverpool Playhouse on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th March. This exciting mixed bill will feature a debut work for the company from Richard Alston, Artistic Director of The Place – the U.K.’s premier centre for contemporary dance. After last year’s acclaimed Crossing Points, Phoenix Dance Theatre will once again astound Liverpool audiences this spring with Particle Velocity, a trademark mixed bill featuring four stimulating dance works.
As well as a debut piece from acclaimed choreographer Richard Alston, this new company repertory programme includes new works for Phoenix from Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director Sharon Watson and Douglas Thorpe, and a debut company piece from Jose Agudo.
Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director and choreographer Sharon Watson said: “This year we are thrilled to have been able to commission the wonderful Richard Alston to make his first work for Phoenix. I am enormously proud of our new repertory programme, Particle Velocity, which I believe demonstrates our commitment to and passion for diverse and dynamic dance of the highest quality”.
The intricate world of D.N.A. is placed under the microscope in Sharon Watson’s Repetition of Change. Set to a specially commissioned score by Kenneth Hesketh, this engaging piece uses volatile, impulsive and often sensual dance to unravel the complexities of our genetic code.
One of the most inspiring and influential choreographers in British dance, Richard Alston’s All Alight features seven dancers in a lyrically beautiful new work which is his first for Phoenix. Featuring his trademark instinctive musicality, this elegant, graceful piece is set to the emotive score of Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello.
Douglas Thorpe’s Tender Crazy Love sees a couple pushed to the extremes of desire where what pulls them together also threatens to tear them apart. A blistering duet, this passionate new work features Douglas’ trademark raw, visceral choreography set to a Tarantino-like soundtrack of classic songs and hidden gems.
Jose Agudo’s first work for Phoenix is a tale of one boy’s journey to become legend. Inspired by Genghis Khan’s extraordinary life story, Ki is a ferocious, ritualistic solo which uses powerful, physical dance to show a man seizing control of his own destiny.
Tickets for Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Particle Velocity are available from the Playhouse Theatre Box office, online at www.everymanplayhouse.com or by telephone on 0151 7094776. Tickets are priced at £12 or £16.