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Dance Consortium presents Ballet BC: PASSING and Frontier
10 Jun - 11 Jun
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10 Jun - 11 Jun 2025
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Canada’s leading contemporary dance company make their highly anticipated return, taking on Crystal Pite and Johan Inger.
Vancouver-based Ballet BC (British Columbia) wowed audiences and critics on their debut visit to the UK in 2018 with their “superb, gorgeous energy” [The i], with standing ovations at every venue inspired by the “joyous technical expertise of this excellent company” [The Guardian].
In PASSING, legendary Swedish choreographer and longtime Ballet BC collaborator Johan Inger traverses a vast landscape of human emotion, taking audiences on an epic, theatrical, often touching ride. Inspired by climate catastrophe, PASSING explores relationships, from the intimate to the societal. Set to an original score by Amos Ben-Tal with selections from Erik Enocksson and Louis T. Hardin (aka Moondog), the sonic journey is as beautifully complex and captivating as the movement language throughout.
Originally created for Nederlands Dans Theater in 2008 and reimagined for Ballet BC, Frontier, by four-time Olivier award-winning Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite will take the stage in spring 2025. Featuring 24 dancers, the visionary, enigmatic Frontier examines the unknown – the characterization of dark matter, the personification of shadows. “As a creator, I find a pleasing parallel between what we don’t know about the universe, and what we don’t know about consciousness” says Pite. “Creation for me is about venturing into unknown territory and being in a generative relationship with doubt.”
Main image photography credit: Luis Luque
Important information
Ticket prices: £15 - £36
Running time: 90 minutes including interval
Age recommendation: 8+
Concessions:
Friends – 5% off
Ambassadors, Supporters, Best Friends and Gold Friends – 10% off
Friends/supporters Early Bird Offer – Buy one get 25% off the second ticket (valid until 25 Nov)
Corporate – £2 off
U25s – £5 off
Schools/Education groups – £12 – 1 x free TA with every 10 tickets purchased
Groups – 20+ 10% off, 40+ 20% off, 80+ 25% off
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