Memories of the past… thoughts of the present… dreams of the future.
Ghost Dances is an innovative dance-theatre performance set to the 1988 suite by Nicholas Maw. Maw was born in Grantham as the son of pianist and church organist who ran a music shop in Finkin Street. Maw went on to become one of Britain’s most celebrated contemporary composers creating work including ‘Sophie’s Choice’ which played at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
In this interpretation of Maw’s composition, the ‘ghosts’ of the title are memory-related dream-distorted images that range from the sophisticated to the commonplace, and from the disconcerting to the nostalgic. The atmospheric, highly allusive interpretation of Maw’s sensitive scoring takes the audience on a journey through the past, present, and future using contemporary dance and puppetry to convey the multifaceted nature of human consciousness.
A Q&A with the cast follows the performance.
A FREE workshop is running in connection with these performances earlier on both performance days.
This event is part of the Government’s High Street Heritage Action Zone programme funded by Historic England.
Parental Guidance Advised: contains nudity, scenes of a sexual nature, violence
Running time: 30mins + 10mins Q&A – total 40mins
No interval
This event is FREE to the public
Ghost Dances is an innovative dance-theatre performance set to the 1988 suite by Nicholas Maw. Maw was born in Grantham as the son of pianist and church organist who ran a music shop in Finkin Street. Maw went on to become one of Britain’s most celebrated contemporary composers creating work including ‘Sophie’s Choice’ which played at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
In this interpretation of Maw’s composition, the ‘ghosts’ of the title are memory-related dream-distorted images that range from the sophisticated to the commonplace, and from the disconcerting to the nostalgic. The atmospheric, highly allusive interpretation of Maw’s sensitive scoring takes the audience on a journey through the past, present, and future using contemporary dance and puppetry to convey the multifaceted nature of human consciousness.
A Q&A with the cast follows the performance.
A FREE workshop is running in connection with these performances earlier on both performance days.
This event is part of the Government’s High Street Heritage Action Zone programme funded by Historic England.
Parental Guidance Advised: contains nudity, scenes of a sexual nature, violence
Running time: 30mins + 10mins Q&A – total 40mins
No interval
This event is FREE to the public