Collaboration with Henri Oguike Dance company in the set design for Touching All and All Around.
Dates:
28 Jan, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge, UK.
29 Jan, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge, UK.
01 Feb, Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea, UK.
06 Feb, The Lowry, Salford, UK.
09 Feb, Jersey Opera House, Jersey, UK.
12 Feb, Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe, UK.
14 Feb, Peepul Centre, Leicester, UK.
15 Feb, Peepul Centre, Leicester, UK.
19 Feb, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, UK.
21 Feb, Music Hall, Shrewsbury, UK.
25 Feb, Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, UK.
12 Mar, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK.
13 Mar, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK.
14 Mar, Hextable Dance, Kent, UK.
Founded in Autumn 1999, Henri Oguike Dance Company rapidly established itself as a favourite among audiences and critics. It continues to present an exhilarating mix of works celebrating Oguike's intense musicality and driven choreography.
In 2001, Henri Oguike Dance Company won the Time Out Live Award as Most Outstanding New Company. Since then, the company has received two TMA nominations for Outstanding Achievement and a further three nominations from the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards.
The company tours extensively across the UK and abroad and it also delivers a comprehensive schedule of education/outreach projects.
Henri Oguike Dance Company has performed at major festivals of both dance and music including the Sintra Festival (Portugal), Dance Europa (Israel), Holland Dance Festival (Netherlands), Monaco Dance Forum (Monte Carlo) and most recently at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (USA). Other international engagements have taken the Company to countries including Germany, France, Syria, Spain, Italy, China, Austria, Portugal and the USA.
Most recently, Henri Oguike Dance Company was nominated by the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards for Dance, and by the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards in the Company Prize for Outstanding Repertoire (Modern) category.
© Miguel Santos, 2008