Sunday 20 March | 7pm | £11 | £8 concession | £6 students attending a workshop
srishti
women are from venus
Srishti is a classical, but innovative, Indian dance company that focuses on South Indian Classical Dance with a contemporary flavour. Their new work for 2005 presents two contrasting pieces: Shringara is a solo that seeks to propel the orthodoxy of the Bharatanatyam experiences and its contained spiritual tone. Shukra challenges and confronts gender expectations in Bharatanatyam through a piece that personifies the planet Venus. Srishti will be accompanied by live music.

www.srishti.co.uk

Friday 8 April | 7.30pm | £13 | £10 concession | £7 students attending a workshop
henri oguike dance company
a mixture of work celebrating Oguike’s exhilarating choreography
Shot Flow, a new duet, resonates with the primal rhythms of traditional Japanese Taiko drums. White Space is a bright and rhythmical piece where music, movement and visuals interplay. Sacred music and sublime movement unite in Seen of Angels, an elegant piece set to excerpts from Handel’s Messiah.

“I can’t think of a choreographer who has shown such completeness of musical instincts, physical inventiveness, intellectual scale, emotional daring and capacity to entertain” The Daily Telegraph

www.henrioguikedance.co.uk

Sunday 24 April | 6pm | 8pm | £3.50
youth dance platform
first feat
Two action-packed performances celebrating the creativity, talent and diversity of young dancers from across East London. Featuring the Queen’s own Youth Dance Group – Jump Start.

Thursday 12 and Friday 13 May | 7.30pm || Saturday 14 May | 2.30pm | 7.30pm | £17.50 | £15.50 concession | £13 under 16s
european ballet
cinderella
The magical, enchanting fairy tale about a beautiful servant girl searching for love and happiness. With lavish costumes, beautiful scenery and Prokofiev’s sumptuous score, this is a treat for the whole family.

Thursday 26 May | 1.30pm | £6 | £4 under 16s
flying gorillas
Using their own language of rhythm, music and gibberish, The Flying Gorillas explore ideas of friendship, tolerance, argument and understanding. Featuring the exciting Tango, the brilliant Smelly Foot Dance, the incredibly difficult Iguana Four-Step, Tango Argumentino with its all-acoustic score, the Dance of the Malambero Monkeys and The Dying Snail, a spooky song for musical saw, empty bottles and a dazzling array of percussion instruments.

Suitable for children aged 3 – 11

www.flyinggorillas.co.uk