Phoenix Dance Theatre: Northern Stage

Mixed Programme 2015  features a double bill by one of the most influential figures in world dance, Christopher Bruce CBE including a brand new work, Shadows created by him especially for Phoenix Dance Theatre and  a restaging of Christophers energetic study of life in the 1940s, Shift.  Having choreographed works for leading dance companies across the globe, this is the first time that Phoenix will perform any of this renowned choreographers work. The work also features two further world premieres.  Phoenix Artistic Director Sharon Watson follows up her audience favourites Melt (2011) and Repetition of Change (2013) with a new piece that builds on her exploration of tears through dance using her simultaneously mesmerising and athletic choreography style.  The fourth piece is by exciting new choreographer and New Adventures Choreographer Award winner Caroline Finn whose work often presents darkly comic expressions of life and humanity using her playful, quirky and highly engaging choreographic style.