Illegal Dance

Avant Garde Dance present Running from
Last event: Tuesday 28 March at 7.20pm
  • Storyhouse members: £22.50 / Child £15
    Young Storyhouse discount available, find out more here
    Non-members: £25 / Child £18 (each ticket is subject to a £1.50 booking fee)

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Tony Adigun’s Illegal Dance is a unique multi-sensory and immersive dance theatre experience, unlike anything you’ve seen before.

This mesmerising 80-minute show explores a future where artistic expression is forbidden by oppressive regimes around the world. Dynamic contemporary choreography blended with innovative technical stagecraft portrays the tensions in a society that pits order against chaos, security against freedom, and individualism against collective will. Every audience member must decide where they stand, pick a token, rebel or conform!

Collect your wireless headphones on arrival and join the preshow silent disco, a carefully curated mix of dance-inspiring anthems from hip hop to contemporary classical. In this show like no other, you, the audience, decide which of the two 3D audio soundtracks accompany your version of events. Switch sound scores anytime during the show at the click of a button.

Illegal Dance delivers laser-sharp ultra-HD projection beamed onto multiple surfaces. Audiences will marvel as six dancers on stage become 60 through the magic of real-time kaleidoscopic video technology.

For the select few who opt for a ticket to follow the way of the rebel, an unpredictable and exhilarating immersive experience awaits.

Certificate:

Suitable for all

Time details

Performance begins in the foyer at 7.20pm
Includes an interval

Content Guidance:

Contains haze and flashing lights, Contains themes of struggle and oppression

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